India’s spin king won the accolade on Thursday, capping a brilliant year for the 30-year-old off-spinner.
Ashwin used the occasion to have a chat with some of his fans on Twitter, by suggesting a Q&A session. There were a lot of questions asked with Ashwin answering as many as he could.
One of the most interesting questions sent in was regarding Ashwin’s most memorable wicket. The Tamil Nadu cricketer’s reply wasn’t that surprising as he named the wicket of AB de Villiers in the Nagpur Test of 2015.
Ashwin had set up de Villiers beautifully, before deceiving him with a carrom ball and caught one of the world’s best batsmen plumb in front of the stumps.
Alright no better day than this to have a chat with all you wonderful well wishers.Please type away #askash for the next 30 minutes.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@usmanalia AbD @Nagpur.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
There were a few other interesting replies from Ashwin as well, which included him using his wit to shut down a user who questioned his overseas record and he also stated that Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul were his partners in crime in the Indian dressing room.
@BeeRed_Bilal Sri Lanka, West Indies Australia laam by road travel ah?
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@SRKnitin_rathod @cheteshwar1 @klrahul11 .Couple of them😂😭
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@saurabh_42 I am not sure, but I know I am an outlier.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@sameer_sayyad 100 @ St Lucia
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@akshara3112 massively, turning point in my career.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
@balwinder929292 Virat cos I watch him go through every stride before he goes out to bat
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016