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Former India spearhead Ravichandran Ashwin has been awarded the prestigious Padma Shri award, joining cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid who have received the honor in the past .
The Padma awards, one of the country’s highest civilian honours, are being conferred on the eve of Republic Day. Padma awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
Before Ravichandran Ashwin, several cricketers received the prestigious Padma Shri award. Some of the former cricketers who won the award are Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam GambhirSunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble.
Cricketer R Ashwin awarded a Padma Shri
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Ravichandran Ashwin’s International Career in Figures:
Ravichandran Ashwin brought the curtain down on his illustrious international career after the Brisbane Test against Australia last month. The off-spinner decided to retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the third Test of the five-over match series.
He retired from international cricket as one of India’s most successful Test bowlers. The 38-year-old finished his career as the seventh-highest wicket-taker in Test history. Among Indians, only Anil Kumble has more wickets than Ravichandran Ashwin in the longest format of the game.
He represented India in 106 Tests and took an astonishing 537 wickets. He also made a huge impact with the bat, scoring 3503 runs with six hundreds and 14 fifties. Widely regarded as one of India’s greatest match-winners, Ashwin claimed a record 11 Man of the Series awards, the same as Muttiah Muralitharan.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who made his debut for Team India in 2010, also represented the national team in both the white-ball formats. He was part of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 2011 and qualified for the finals in 2023.
He played a total of 116 ODIs and picked up 156 wickets at an average of 33.20. In T20Is, Ashwin played 65 games and took 72 wickets. Although Ashwin has retired from international cricket, he will continue to ply his trade in IPL. In the IPL 2025 mega auction, he was signed up by his first IPL team, Chennai Super Kings.
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