My Compelling Story

Does Ravichandran Ashwin smoke?: No.Ashwin was born into a Tamil-Brahmin family with a sports background as his father used to play cricket at the club level as a fast bowler. Ravichandran Ashwins childhood photo.The subject that he used to hate the most was Maths.His wife, Prithi studied with him in during high schooling.He was a mischievous kid in his school days.He started playing cricket as an opening batsman, but at the age of 14, he injured his pelvic area that caused a ligament tear in the hip bones, after which he dropped the idea of becoming a batsman.Initially, he started as a fast bowler, but his mother felt that its not suiting him, so she suggested him to do spin bowling, which proved to be the right call.His aspirations to become a genuine spinner skyrocketed when he went to the National Cricket Academy, captained his team and took a 7-wicket haul.He took atleast one wicket in his debut match across all formats (T20I, ODI, Test).He was bestowed with the Arjuna Award by the Government of India Arjuna award Indias highest sporting honour in 2014.