5 best all-rounders in Indian cricket team till date

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravi Ashwin

Although Ravichandran Ashwin is mainly considered as a bowler, most people know that he is much more than that because of his prolific batting abilities. 284 wickets in 51 Tests is certainly a huge number. However, over 2000 runs for a batsman who has mostly batted at No.7 or 8 throughout his Test career is certainly huge.

Moreover, he became the fastest to achieve the double of 2000 runs and 250 wickets in Tests, surpassing the likes of Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Imran Khan in the second Test match of the ongoing series against Sri Lanka. He already has 4 Test centuries to his name and it seems that will only increase in the coming years.

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He also has 150 wickets to his name in 105 ODIs. However, his batting numbers of 674 runs at an average of 16.43 do not make for a good read in ODI cricket. That, though, is mainly due to the superb batting lineup of India and his batting position which is mostly at No.9.

Ashwin is already amongst the greatest all-rounders that India has ever got. He will achieve a lot more with time and his records will only improve further.