India- IPL runs
- 833
- Average
- 13.02
- Strike rate
- 118.2
- Highest
- 50
Career
Ravichandran Ashwin is an offspinner who treats bowling as an engineering problem. Over his career he has added and discarded deliveries — the carrom ball, varying release points, changes in seam angle — and adjusted them against specific batters rather than settling into a fixed method.
That adaptability made him the fastest bowler in history to several wicket milestones and India's most reliable match-winner at home, where his ability to bowl long spells and attack both edges is decisive. He has also been a genuine lower-order batter with multiple Test centuries.
He arrived through the IPL, where he bowled in the powerplay for Chennai Super Kings — an unusual role for a spinner at the time — and used the economy required there to sharpen his control.
Highlights
- One of the fastest bowlers in Test history to reach major wicket milestones
- Multiple Test centuries as a lower-order batter
- Repeatedly named Player of the Series in home Test campaigns
- Pioneered the use of the carrom ball in modern international cricket
Overview
What the figures show
Bowling is where Ravichandran Ashwin's IPL figures sit: 142 wickets between 2009 and 2025 at 29.01 each. The bat has brought 833 runs alongside that, 50 of them in the best single innings.
The seasons break into six spells: Chennai Super Kings (2009–2015), Rising Pune Supergiants (2016), Punjab Kings (2018–2019), Delhi Capitals (2020–2021), Rajasthan Royals (2022–2024) and Chennai Super Kings (2025). Most of the runs, 344 of them, came in the Rajasthan Royals years. There is no IPL cricket on the record in 2017. That is a wicket every 25 balls. At 7.06 an over that is 1.11 less than the 8.17 median among the 101 bowlers who have sent down 300 or more IPL balls.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 105 | 150 | 3,485 | 124 | 25.81 | 54.6 | 6 | 14 |
| ODI | 115 | 63 | 707 | 65 | 16.44 | 87.0 | 0 | 1 |
| T20I | 62 | 19 | 184 | 31* | 26.29 | 115.0 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 219 | 98 | 833 | 50 | 13.02 | 118.2 | 0 | 1 |
Indian Premier League
Season by season
| Season | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | CSK | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 53.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | CSK | 6 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7.50 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | CSK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | CSK | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6.00 | 120.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | CSK | 5 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 8.80 | 71.4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | CSK | 5 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 15.00 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | CSK | 6 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 17.30 | 162.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 6 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 20.50 | 107.9 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | PBKS | 8 | 0 | 102 | 45 | 12.80 | 143.7 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019 | PBKS | 6 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 8.40 | 150.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | DC | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 12.30 | 108.8 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | DC | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 14.70 | 104.8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | RR | 12 | 5 | 191 | 50 | 27.30 | 141.5 | 14 | 9 |
| 2023 | RR | 9 | 3 | 67 | 30 | 11.20 | 131.4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | RR | 8 | 2 | 86 | 29 | 14.30 | 116.2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | CSK | 4 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 8.30 | 110.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 16 seasons | 93 | 29 | 833 | 50 | 13.02 | 118.2 | 64 | 29 |
IPL bowling
- Wickets
- 142
- Economy
- 7.06
- Average
- 29.01
- Balls bowled
- 3,502
Questions
About Ravichandran Ashwin
How many IPL runs has Ravichandran Ashwin scored?
Ravichandran Ashwin has scored 833 runs in the IPL across 16 seasons, averaging 13.02 at a strike rate of 118.16. The highest score is 50.
How many IPL wickets has Ravichandran Ashwin taken?
Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 142 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 7.06 and an average of 29.01.
Which IPL teams has Ravichandran Ashwin played for?
Ravichandran Ashwin has appeared for Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL.
What is Ravichandran Ashwin's playing style?
Ravichandran Ashwin is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm offbreak, listed as a allrounder.
What is Ravichandran Ashwin's bowling style?
Right-arm offbreak. He is known for constantly varying his release point, seam position and pace, and for deliveries such as the carrom ball.
Is Ravichandran Ashwin an allrounder?
Yes. He is primarily a frontline spinner but has scored multiple Test centuries batting in the lower middle order, which makes him a genuine bowling allrounder.
Why is Ashwin so effective in India?
Home surfaces reward accuracy, bounce and sustained pressure over long spells, all of which suit his method, and he adjusts his variations against individual batters rather than bowling a fixed plan.
Which IPL teams has Ashwin played for?
He began with Chennai Super Kings, and has since played for Rising Pune Supergiant, Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals.
Sources
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of every IPL match.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Biographical details compiled from public records.