Murugan Ashwin
India
Personal Information
Born
Sep 08, 1990 (32 years)
Birth Place
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Height
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Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm legbreak
ICC Rankings
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Tamil Nadu, Rising Pune Supergiant, India Red, Dindigul Dragons, South Zone, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chepauk Super Gillies, Punjab Kings, Salem Spartans, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Siechem Madurai Panthers
The importance of having a wrist spinner in every team has resulted in the rise of a slew of high quality tweakers across India and Murugan Ashwin is one of those who queued up for greater g...
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 44 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 3.89 | 50 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 44 | 44 | 870 | 1162 | 35 | 3/21 | 3/21 | 8.01 | 33.2 | 24.86 | 0 | 0 |
Career Information
IPL debut
Last IPL
Profile
The importance of having a wrist spinner in every team has resulted in the rise of a slew of high quality tweakers across India and Murugan Ashwin is one of those who queued up for greater glory. His breakthrough performance came during the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, the premier Twenty20 domestic tournament in India.
He took 10 wickets for Tamil Nadu and was rewarded with a 4.5 crores Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). He put up a creditable show, picking up 7 wickets and emerging as a spinner to keep a keen eye on. Having missed out on the next season, Ashwin fell behind state mate, Washington Sundar, in Tamil Nadu's starting roster, but his career seemed to be on the upward curve after he was bought for Rupees 2.2 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) during the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
IPL - Through the years
A regular net bowler over the years for Chennai Super Kings, the Dhoni-Fleming duo roped Murugan Ashwin into the Rising Pune Supergiants set-up in 2016 for a whopping price of Rs. 4.5 crore. The leg-break, who at times bowled more than the senior Ashwin (Ravichandran), took seven wickets in 10 matches, but his economy rate was on the higher side - above 8. RPS released him and Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs. 1 crore. However, he warmed the benches and didn’t feature in a single game. A year later, he was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore structure, but he faced a similar problem - he found it tough to get into the playing XI with Yuzvendra Chahal being the regular spinner. In 2019, Ashwin represented Kings XI Punjab, under his fellow state-mate’s (R Ashwin) captaincy as he pocketed for his base price of 20 lakhs INR.
Ashwin spent a couple of years at the Punjab franchise without making much of an impact. But he got a shot in his arm ahead of IPL 2022 when Mumbai Indians got his services for 1.6 crores INR. But MI suffered a horrific season and he was released after the season. RR wanted to add to their reserves of Chahal and Ravi Ashwin and they added Murugan to their squad by picking him for 20 lakhs INR.
He took 10 wickets for Tamil Nadu and was rewarded with a 4.5 crores Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). He put up a creditable show, picking up 7 wickets and emerging as a spinner to keep a keen eye on. Having missed out on the next season, Ashwin fell behind state mate, Washington Sundar, in Tamil Nadu's starting roster, but his career seemed to be on the upward curve after he was bought for Rupees 2.2 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) during the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
IPL - Through the years
A regular net bowler over the years for Chennai Super Kings, the Dhoni-Fleming duo roped Murugan Ashwin into the Rising Pune Supergiants set-up in 2016 for a whopping price of Rs. 4.5 crore. The leg-break, who at times bowled more than the senior Ashwin (Ravichandran), took seven wickets in 10 matches, but his economy rate was on the higher side - above 8. RPS released him and Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs. 1 crore. However, he warmed the benches and didn’t feature in a single game. A year later, he was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore structure, but he faced a similar problem - he found it tough to get into the playing XI with Yuzvendra Chahal being the regular spinner. In 2019, Ashwin represented Kings XI Punjab, under his fellow state-mate’s (R Ashwin) captaincy as he pocketed for his base price of 20 lakhs INR.
Ashwin spent a couple of years at the Punjab franchise without making much of an impact. But he got a shot in his arm ahead of IPL 2022 when Mumbai Indians got his services for 1.6 crores INR. But MI suffered a horrific season and he was released after the season. RR wanted to add to their reserves of Chahal and Ravi Ashwin and they added Murugan to their squad by picking him for 20 lakhs INR.
