Dilip Sardesai Award for Ashwin


Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS): Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award for becoming the Man of the Series in the recently concluded three-match Test series against the West Indies.

The Indian cricket board announced Monday that the award, comprising a trophy and a cheque for Rs.5 lakh, will be given to Ashwin, Dec 10 in Chennai.

The 25-year-old picked up 22 wickets at an average of 22.90 and scored 121 runs, which included a century in the third and final Test.

He made his Test debut in Delhi, where he picked up a match haul of nine for 128, the second best by an Indian on debut.

Ashwin picked up five for 156 in his third Test in Mumbai and also scored a brisk 103 from 118 balls to become the first Indian since 1962 to take five wickets and score a century in the same match.

He picked up four for 34 in the second innings and finished a wicket short of joining Imran Khan and Ian Botham in the record books for a century and 10 wickets in a match.

  

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