'Happy birthday to the GOAT' Fans overjoyed as legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin turns 36

One of the all-time great all-rounders and legendary Indian cricketers Ravichandran Ashwin has turned 36 today. Recently, he has also been included in the Indian squad for the upcoming squad for the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Other than this, he is the only all-rounder in the history of Indian cricket to complete the double of 400 wickets with the ball and more than 2000 runs with the ball.

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Indian cricket fans also celebrated the birthday of the spin legend in a style. They poured out their hearts in the form of wishes for him on his 36^th birthday. Fans took to Twitter for remembering the immense contributions of Ravichandran Ashwin to the Indian team.

Here’s how fans reacted on Ravichandran Ashwin’s birthday:

Happy birthday to the GOAT #ravichandranashwin #Ashwin .Wish you add more highness to your greatness ahead❤❤❤#KLRahul#BelieveKLR#ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/MuqchpHHhp

— The Upadhyay Jay (@the_upadhyay) September 17, 2022

Happy birthday🎉 @ashwinravi99 anna

19thMost wickets in career (659)
10thMost five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career (30) wc odi champions trophy ipl winner player ❤❤❤
#RavichandranAshwin pic.twitter.com/jQJjIkuCUx

— Thala super fan (@msdian__fan) September 17, 2022

अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट में अश्विन के डेब्यू के बाद से सर्वाधिक विकेट-
659 - अश्विन
610 - एंडरसन
596 - ब्रॉड
582 - साउथी
567 - बोल्ट

क्रिकेट इतिहास के महानतम स्पिनरों में से एक, रविचंद्रन अश्विन को जन्मदिन मुबारक हो। 🎂#ravichandranashwin pic.twitter.com/EQMkRDtm13

— 𝙲𝚁𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚃 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰♕︎ 🇮🇳 (@Cric__India) September 17, 2022

Happy Birthday #RavichandranAshwin, One of the Greatest Spinners ever in Cricket History - 442 wickets & 5 hundred in Tests, 151 wickets in ODI, 66 wickets in T20I, and 157 wickets in IPL.

He is a World Cup winner, Champions Trophy winner, IPL winner & CL T20 winner. pic.twitter.com/Dl0ooFGxHg

— Aman🥤 (@AmanCeption) September 17, 2022

Happy birthday @ashwinravi99 Anna.#ravichandranashwin #HappyBirthday pic.twitter.com/U2M72wfGHi

— विशाल भारद्वाज 🇮🇳 (@Bhardwaj_vish) September 17, 2022

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin

See his banter with Tim Paine in 2021#ravichandranashwin #Ashwin#RaviAshwin#Cricket pic.twitter.com/iNcPGxccDT

— Cric (@Ld30972553) September 17, 2022

Wishing Indian Cricketer #RavichandranAshwin 🏏❤️ A Very Happy Birthday & Successful Year Ahead ✨️#HappyBirthdayRAshwin#HBDRAshwin#HBDAshwin@ashwinravi99 pic.twitter.com/lpFddZ2W4D

— Behindwoods (@behindwoods) September 17, 2022

Speaking of Ashwin’s illustrious career for the Indian team, then he has appeared in 86 Tests, 113 ODIs, and 56 T20Is. In these matches, he has scalped 442, 151, and 66 wickets respectively. Other than bowling, the 36-year-old has also shown his brilliance with the bat in the longest format of the game.

He has scored 2931 runs in 123 innings of the 86 matches he played so far with an average of 26.88 having five centuries and 12 half-centuries.

So, here we will have a look at some of the achievements of Ravichandran Ashwin:

• He is the fastest Indian to pick 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, and 400 Wickets in Test cricket.

• He is the fastest Bowler to pick 250, 300, and 350 Wickets in Test cricket.

• Most M.O.S Awards for India in Test (8).
• Most Wickets in WTC (71).
• Only Spinner to Win ICC Cricketer of the Year Award.
• Most times Scoring Century & Picking Fifer for India in a Test match (3 times)

• Most Test 100s for India at No.8 (3). The only player to Score Century & Pick Fifer in a WTC match.
• Most times dismissing Left Handed batsman In Test (211).
• Only Indian bowler to Win M.O.S Award in Debut Test Series. • Most Wickets in 2010s Decade (564).
• Most Test Fifers for India in a Calendar Year (8 in 2016).
• Only Indian to pick 50 Test Wickets in 3 Consecutive Years (2015-2017).

• Most times picking Fifer In Both Innings of a Test match for India (5 times). Most 10 Wicket Hauls for India in a calendar year (3 times in 2016).

• Highest Rating Points by Indian Bowler in Test (904).