A biography for Ravichandran Ashwinhasn’t been written yet.
“I won't say if nerd is the right term, but I'm a big, big cricket fanatic. I just cannot stop thinking, talking cricket. I do carry notebooks and make notes to look at improving and developing my own game.”
“Whether it is my return to Test or not, I have always bowled with heart and soul. A good performance always spurs you on.”
“Numbers are not important. Muttiah Muralitharan is a legend with 800 wickets. I don't even know if I can play the number of matches he has played. It was nice to get noticed but frankly numbers don't attract me much.”
“I have always enjoyed my cricket, be it home or abroad.”
“You cannot judge a team accurately on the basis of the first-innings leads they have secured.”
“I don't know if I would have made a better engineer than a cricketer. I definitely think I am a much better cricketer.”
“Towards the end of the careers, senior cricketers may play only Tests. This means they'll be available for Ranji matches.”
“I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of a spell. Bowled over a period of two days, maybe a bit more. That was a delight.”
“Spinners are increasingly starting to bowl short, which means they are taking the straight boundaries away. When you play Test match cricket, you can't bowl short.”
“At the end of the day, however big or whatever I have achieved, if I am not able to enjoy what I really enjoy, then there is no point having this life.”
“It is possible to get a degree in Engineering by merely passing the exams and not really learning the concepts in depth, and also get a job based on that degree. Similarly, a cricketer can waste the opportunities in the nets and in training, and with some talent still play professional cricket.”
“When you're in form you're happy and want to go out there and play everyday. It's like that with studying. Once you learn something and develop your thinking, you want to study more.”
“When you turn up at a ground, you expect the wicket to behave in a certain fashion and it doesn't. There are so many variables in this game. It becomes even more important when it comes to T20 cricket.”
“There are many people who believe in me and have backed me. I owe it to them - and not just to myself - to succeed when I step onto the field.”
“I think initially people never gave spinners a chance. They thought spinners will just be hammered all over the park.”
“As far as I'm concerned, I bowl at other team batsmen not at Indian batters.”
“To be very modest about what is happening in my life and my career over the last couple of years, I did not know if I would go on to play Test cricket when we were in the pandemic, in the lockdown.”
“I am not usually fussy about food but sometimes on overseas tours if I get bored I take a cooker and some rice and enjoy some curd rice.”
“My favourite movie is '3 Idiots'. It's a Hindi movie and I also have a great collection of Hollywood movies and my favourite movie is 'Vertical Limit.'”
“The bowler wants to win the game. The batsman needs to bat well to get runs. No question about it.”