Ravichandran Ashwin : End of An Era
From Local boy of Chennai to India Team.
After Complete The 3rd Test Of Border Gavaskar Trophy Indian Spiner Ravichandran Ashwin announced His Retirement from All Format of International Cricket. Widely regarded as one of the greatest spinners of all time, he represented the Indian Cricket Team and was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup Cricket and the 2013 Champion Trophy .
Early and personal life
Ashwin was born on 17 September 1986 in Madras (now
Chennai), Tamil Nadu, to Ravichandran and Chitra.His father, Ravichandran,
played cricket at club level as a fast bowler. Ashwin did his initial schooling
at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan.Later, he switched to St. Bede's School for
higher secondary. He graduated with a BTech in Information Technology from SSN
College of Engineering, Chennai.
Ashwin started playing cricket at the age of nine for YMCA and was coached by Chandrasekar Rao during the early part of his career. Later, when he switched to St. Bede's, which had a cricket academy where he was coached by C K Vijaya Kumar. Initially, he took up medium pace bowling before he switched to off spin on the advice of his coach. He was later coached by former spinner Sunil Subramaniam and mentored by former cricketer W V Raman. He had represented the Indian under-17 team as an opening batter.
Ashwin resides in West Mambalam, ChennaiHe married his
childhood friend, Prithi Narayanan, on 13 November 2011. They have two daughter.