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Murugan Ashwin Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Facts, and Awards

Murugan Ashwin And His Family

Murugan Ashwin On September 8, 1990, Ashwin was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Ashwin’s father is a famous Tamil writer, and his mother is a homemaker. He used to be a good student but chose cricket after joining college.

Age, Physical Appearance, and Height

Murugan Ashwin was born on September 8 1990, and according to the calculation, her current age is 31 years.

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status as the main things for the Cricket Industry. Fans also attract the Height, Weight & Physical Status of Murugan Ashwin is 170 cm and 1.70 m and feet inches- 5′ 7″. His weight is in kilograms- 65 kg. Weight.

Murugan Ashwin has a Waist Size of 30 Inches and a chest of 38 Inches, And biceps of 13 Inches. he has Black colour hair and Black colour eyes. Besides this, he is wearing shoe size 10.

Education

he was brilliant in his studies, but he started playing cricket. He scored ninety-plus in the twelfth standard. He graduated from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai. 

Personal Life

He married his girlfriend, Aishwarya Subramanian.

Career

Domestic Career

Coached by Suresh Kumar, Ashwin started playing cricket in Santhome Higher Secondary School, Chennai and then DAV Public School. His professional career started when he entered Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai. His debut in List A was on December 11 2015, in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015. His T-20 debut was in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy on January 2 2016, against Haryana, where he did bowling for 4 overs and took 4 wickets. Ashwin was the second-highest wicket-taker with 10 wickets in the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy representing Tamil Nadu.

IPL Career

Murugan Ashwin was the biggest gainer in the 2016 IPL auction when Rising Pune Super Giants bought him for 4.5 crores (INR) from the base price of 10 lakhs (INR). Ashwin didn’t disappoint either as he put up a phenomenal show, picking up 10 wickets and emerging as a spinner to keep a keen eye on. However, after missing the following season, he was snapped up by Delhi, where he didn’t get many chances. In 2018, he was bought for INR 2.2 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) during the 2018 auction.

Later, the leg-spinner was picked up by Kings XI Punjab for INR 20 lakhs ahead of IPL 2019. While he played 10 games, he struggled to find wickets as he could manage only 5 dismissals to his name, but he should gain confidence because KXIP has believed in him by retaining him ahead of the 2020 season. Hence, he can start afresh in UAE.

Net Worth

Murugan Ashwin is one of the wealthiest Cricketer & listed as the most popular Cricketer. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Murugan Ashwin’s net worth is approximately $1.5 Million. In January 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction. In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.

Facts

  • Ashwin was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • He is often taken to be the brother of Indian off-spinner R Ashwin, which he is not.
  • Ashwin is the son of a famous Tamil writer and VP of HCL technologies, Era Murugan.
  • He likes watching movies, and his favourite actors are Rajinikanth, R Madhavan, Farhan Akhtar, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Suriya, and Dulquer Salmaan. His favourite actresses are Deepika Padukone and Trisha Krishnan.

Awards

He earned himself the ICC Player of the Year and the ICC Test Player of the Year awards in 2016. In early 2017, Ashwin took over the record held by Dennis Lillee for becoming the fastest player to reach 250 wickets in just 45 Tests.

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Riya Kapoor writes about lifestyle, entertainment, news and gadgets. She has been in this industry for almost 4 years now. She is a graduate from Delhi University with English Hons and had deep connection with writing since her childhood.

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