Murugan Ashwin (born 8 September 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Chandigarh having previous represented Tamil Nadu.[1]

Murugan Ashwin
Personal information
Born (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2022Tamil Nadu
2016Rising Pune Supergiant
2018Royal Challengers Bangalore
2019–2021Punjab Kings
2022Mumbai Indians
2023Rajasthan Royals
2023–Chandigarh
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 7 29 105
Runs scored 82 113 146
Batting average 16.40 9.41 7.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 27 25* 34*
Balls bowled 861 1,140 2,163
Wickets 1 28 101
Bowling average 582.00 39.53 26.01
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/176 3/14 3/8
Catches/stumpings 1/– 12/– 31/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 May 2024

Domestic career

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Ashwin made his List A debut on 11 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[3]

Indian Premier League

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Ashwin was bought at the 2016 Indian Premier League auction by the Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 4.5 crores from his base price of INR 10 lakhs.[4] In February 2017, in the 2017 IPL auction, Ashwin was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for INR 1 crore.[5]

In January 2018, Ashwin was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction.[6] In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for the base price of INR 20 lakh in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[7][8]

In February 2022, he has been bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2022 Indian Premier League auction.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Murugan Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group A: Mumbai v Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad, Dec 11, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group A: Haryana v Tamil Nadu at Nagpur, Jan 2, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  8. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "IPL2022 Auction".
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