Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian national cricket team player,
Ravichandran Ashwin became the third Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in same test match.[11] He achieved this feat in his third test where he made 103 and took 5/156 in the first innings. Other Indians to have done this are Vinoo Mankad in 1952 and Polly Umrigar in 1962. This feat had only been achieved 26 times previously in world cricket, the last occasion being by Jacques Kallis in 2002. He is also the third Indian cricketer to be awarded the Man of the Match (MoM) on debut.Other Indians to have done this are Pravin Amre and R.P. Singh.Ashwin registered the 2nd best bowling on debut by an Indian bowler with 9/128 performance, behind Hirwani’s 16-wicket world record debut performance.

.In November 2011, he made his Test debut earning the test cap from Sachin Tendulkar along with Umesh Yadav against West Indies, with figures of 27-4-81-3 in the 1st innings and 21.3-5-47-6 in the 2nd innings. Ashwin was awarded Man of the Series in series against West Indies for his stunning debut performance with both ball and bat. In the same series,but in the third Test(also Ashwin's third Test), he scored his maiden international century, which helped India draw that match