Sportskeeda's Test XI of the year

#8 Ravichandran Ashwin

A man, a machine!

The number one Test bowler was an unstoppable force in 2016. He was taking wickets for fun and won a million matches for India almost single-handedly.

He was no slouch with the bat either and scored 2 centuries. Both these efforts were back to the wall innings which underlined the importance of the man to the team’s cause.

During the year, he became the second-fastest bowler to 200 wickets at Kanpur against New Zealand.

Batting

Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Highest Score	50s	100s	NOs
12	14	612	43.71	118	4	2	0

Bowling

Matches	Innings	Overs	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	5WH	10WH
12	23	584.4	72	23.90	48.7	8	3