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Ashwin set to rejoin India team on Sunday

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will rejoin the team on Sunday's day four of the third Test against England after he left midway through the match due to a family emergency, the country's cricket board said.

Ashwin reaches 500 Test wickets to join exclusive club

He is only the second Indian to reach the milestone after fellow spinner Anil Kumble (619).

Cricket: Ashwin 'Bradman of bowling', says Steve Waugh

Former skipper Steve Waugh has warned that Australia's only hope of beating India in their upcoming series is by taming Ravichandran Ashwin, branding the record-breaking spinner "the Bradman of bowling".

Pace engine powered by spin

The 208-run win over Bangladesh has extended India's unbeaten Test run to 19 matches. While the margin of the win is substantial, India's bowlers had to toil hard to get 20 wickets on a Hyderabad wicket that seemed to be a batting paradise for most of the game.

Watch India’s successful review to dismiss Tamim Iqbal

Bangladesh suffered the loss of their first wicket in the second innings when Tamim Iqbal was dismissed for 3 by Ravichandran Ashwin to leave the tourists at 11 for 1 after 5.2 overs in the Test match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad today.

R Ashwin breaks the record for fastest to take 250 Test wickets

On the fourth day of the one-off Test against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad Ravichandran Ashwin broke a Test record that stood for decades.

Ashwin, Jadeja rested from England T20s

India's premier spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested for the three-match Twenty20 series against England starting this week.

Cricket: India spinners in firing line against confident England

India's much-hyped spin attack are under pressure to deliver in the second Test at Visakhapatnam starting Thursday against an England side high on confidence and boasting new teenage sensation Haseeb Hameed.

Ashwin, Saha rescue India

Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha complete centuries before India's lower order caved in and were dismissed for 353 against the West Indies.

March 6, 2016
March 6, 2016

Shakib Al Hasan v R Ashwin

Both are the main spinners in pace-heavy attacks that are a departure from the countries' traditions, and both can lay claim to being the best bowler in their attacks. Ashwin is someone who is very difficult to attack -- his variations are hard to pick and therefore batsmen run a higher risk when taking him on.

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

Ashwin replaces Shakib as top Test allrounder

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan’s reign as the number-one Test allrounder came to an end when Ravichandran Ashwin of India went to the top-spot.

November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015

Spin-wary South Africa seek revival in AB's 100th Test

AB de Villiers makes his 100th Test appearance on Thursday hoping to inspire his South African team-mates to a series-leveling victory over India in the second Test in Bangalore.

June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015

Bangladesh defeat India by 79 runs

Five wickets on debut for Mustafizur helped Bangladesh successfully defend 307 in the first game of the 3-match series against India at Mirpur Stadium today.

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