Ace Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has won the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Player of the Month Award for February. In the three Tests that he played in February, the 34-year-old picked 24 wickets and hit a century, helping India reach the World Test Championship Finals.
The awards were introduced only last month. West Indies’ Kyle Mayers, who made became the first cricketer to score a double hundred in the second innings, to chase down 395 against Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series, was the first recipient of the award.
Ashwin, who had to take 23 wickets in the four-match Test series against England to reach his milestone of 400 Test wickets, took 32 wickets and was adjudged Man of the series.
Along with his brilliant bowling, Ashwin also scored a brilliant hundred at his home ground of MA Chidamabaram during the second Test match.