Test Career
In November 2011, he made his Test debut earning his test cap from Sachin Tendulkar along with Umesh Yadav against West Indies, with figures of 27–4–81–3 in the 1st innings and 21.3–5–47–6 in the 2nd innings. Ashwin was awarded the Man of the Series for his performances with both ball and bat. In the third Test (also Ashwin's third Test), he scored his maiden international century, helping India to a draw.
Ashwin was given the Dilip Sardesai award for becoming the Man of the Series in his debut Test series and a cheque for 5 lakh.
Ashwin subsequently toured Australia for India's four-Test series in 2011–12. He played in three of the Tests (being left out of the side for the third Test on the pace-friendly WACA Ground), taking nine wickets at an average of 62.77.
- New Zealand tour of India in 2012
Ashwin took 18 wicktes at average of 13.11 in two test matches against New Zealand and become Man of the Series.
- 1 Test: His match figures of 12/85 in Hyderabad was the best by an Indian spinner against NZ bettering S Venkataraghavan's 47 year old record set on 19 March 1965 with match figures of 12/152 in Delhi. Ashwin's figures of 12/85 is the second best performance against NZ in a test match behind West indies CA Walsh's performance in Wellington on 10 February 1995.Ashwin's best bowling figures are 7/103 runs at MA Chidambaram stadium on 23/2/2013
- 2 Test:In Second Inning he took 5 wicktes for 69 runs.
Ashwin's superb bowling show brought him in the league of top 20 in ICC's Test Rankings.He achieved his career best test ranking of 18 after the series against New Zealand and 9th in the all-rounder rankings.
In the England tour of India in 2012, he took 3/80 in the 1st innings in the 1st test at Ahmedabad to help his side win. In the 2nd test at Mumbai, he scored 68 in the 1st innings and took 2/145 in the 1st innings (opening the bowling), however his side lost the test by 10 wickets. In the 3rd test at Kolkata, he scored 21 and 91*, and took 3/183 and 2/31; but his efforts were not enough as the visitors needed just 41 to win in the 2nd innings, and they won easily by 7 wickets.
- Border - Gavaskar Trophy in 2013
Ashwin played his first home test in this tour in Chennai. In the Chepauk Test, in the first innings, he recorded his career best of 7/103. In the second innings, he ended with 5/95 and ended the match with figures of 12/198. In the second innings of the second test in Hyderabad, he registered yet another five wicket haul (5/63). In the final test in Delhi, he scalped his fourth five-wicket haul of the series. He finished the series with a tally of 29 wickets. He also won the Man of the Series award for his excellent bowling. R Ashwin has become the 3rd Indian off-spinner to take 25-plus wickets in a series after Harbhajan Singh (32) & EAS Prasanna (26)
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