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India's T20 World Cup Squad: 3 spinners, no Shami and a lot of questions

The team includes the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, while Mohammed Shami has been kept on standby. There are a lot of other questions that have remained unanswered by the selection committee

How can even Ashwin come in India's Asia Cup team? asks Kiran More

Former chairman of the selection committee Kiran More has questioned the decision of including veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the 15-member Indian squad announced for the Asia Cup 2022.

Ashwin returns to India squad for West Indies T20Is; Kohli, Bumrah rested

Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah were on Thursday rested from the five T20Is against the West Indies, to be played in the Caribbean and the United States from July 29. K L Rahul, who recently underwent a surgery for sports hernia, and Kuldeep Yadav were picked in the 18-man squad subject to fitness. Kuldeep had suffered a hand injury in the home series against South Africa in June. Ravichandran Ashwin also made a comeback to the T20 squad. Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul* (subject to fitness), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav* (subject to fitness), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

If Ashwin can be dropped in Tests, why not Kohli in T20Is: Kapil Dev

Former India captain Kapil Dev feels if a bowler of Ravichandran Ashwin's calibre with nearly 450 Test wickets can be dropped from the Test team then Virat Kohli too is no longer indispensable

Harbhajan credits RR for showing faith in Ashwin's all-round abilities

Harbhajan Singh reckons Rajasthan Royals are the best franchise who have made use of India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin to the fullest in the IPL 2022

ICC foresees Ashwin's tactic to become a regular fixture in 20-over cricket

The cricketer retired himself out in the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Sunday to allow a better finisher to come in and tonk the ball a few times to boost their score

IPL: Ashwin gets 'retired out', opens debate on the tactical move

He became the first batter to get 'retired out' in IPL history

Rohit, Kohli slip; Ashwin rises in ICC Test rankings

India skipper Rohit Sharma and veteran batter Virat Kohli moved down a rung each to be placed 8th and 10th, respectively, in the latest ICC Test rankings released on Wednesday.

Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to cricketing world: Ashwin

Still in disbelief by Shane Warne's death, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hailed the late Australian legend for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket.

Never thought of getting past great Kapil Dev's tally of wickets: Ashwin

Playing in his 85th match, the 35-year-old Ashwin went past the legendary Kapil's 434 Test scalps to become India's second most successful bowler in the longest format

'How good is that going to be': Ashwin on playing alongside Buttler

Ashwin was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 5 crore on Day 1 of the mega auction on Saturday.

From Hooda-Krunal to Ashwin-Buttler, IPL auction turns foes into teammates

Twitter went berserk when Ashwin joined Buttler in Rajasthan Royals, who spent Rs 5 crore to get the services of the seasoned off-spinner

IPL 2022: Ravichandran Ashwin sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 5 crore

Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals were involved in a bidding war for Dhawan, and in the end, the seasoned spinner was acquired by Royals for the price of Rs 5 crores

Sharma, Pant and Ashwin included in ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

India opener Rohit Sharma, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been included in the ICC Men's Test team of the year for 2021.

SA v IND: Think KL getting formula of playing Test cricket, reckons Ashwin

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reckons that stand-in captain KL Rahul is getting the formula of how to play in Test cricket

Rohit, Ashwin among four Indians included in Cricket Australia XI of 2021

India's white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma and premier off-spinner R Aswhin were among four players from the country to have featured in the Cricket Australia (CA) XI of the year. Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the other two Indians in the team were swashbuckling keeper-batter Rishabh Pant and left-arm spinner Axar Patel. Rohit has been picked as an opener alongside Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne, followed by Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne at number three. He is followed by England Test captain Joe Root, Pakistan's Fawad Alam and Pant in the batting order. Having dominated white-ball cricket and his home conditions for years, Rohit conquered his final frontier this year by showing he can score big Test runs outside of Asia. And a strong 2021 that saw him finish behind only Root for most runs could have been even better if the classy right-hander had translated multiple strong starts into big hundreds. Rohit reached 20 or more in 14 of his 19 completed innings but posted two centurie

Ashwin among four nominees for ICC Test Cricketer of the year award

The 35-year-old from Chennai snapped 52 wickets from eight Tests at an average of 16.23 and also contributed 337 runs with the bat at 28.08 with one century in the last one year

'My job is not to butter everyone's toast': Shastri on Ashwin's comment

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday said he has no regrets about picking Kuldeep Yadav over Ravichandran Ashwin in the 2019 Sydney Test

I felt like I was being thrown under the bus: Ashwin on Shastri's remark

R Ashwin has revealed that he felt like he was being 'thrown under the bus' after a remark by former head coach Ravi Shastri left him 'crushed' during a torrid phase in his career

Contemplated retirement several times between 2018 and 2020: Ashwin

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had contemplated giving up the sport at various points between 2018 and 2020 as he felt people were not "sensitive enough" to his injuries