A successful appeal
Ashwin made his Test debut against West Indies in Delhi in 2011. He has so far played 41 Tests.
India's number one spinner
Ashwin is India's number one spinner at the moment. He won the Man-of-the-series award in the recently concluded Test rubber against New Zealand which India made a 3-0 clean sweep. He took 27 wickets.
Celebration time
Ashwin celebrates one of his Test wickets, at home, recently.
A clean bowling action
Ashwin has a clean bowling action. He often bowls with half sleeves.
Guiding Jadeja and others
Being the senior spinner, Ashwin has guided Ravindra Jadeja (right) and other youngsters in the side.