AHMEDABAD: By all accounts, it was a decent IPL for R Ashwin. Forging perhaps the best spin combination with leggie Yuzvendra Chahal for the Rajasthan Royals, the ace off-spinner took 12 wickets in 17 games @ 41.91 (ER 7.50).
What added to his utility in the T20 format was his new-found love for batting. Promoted up the order, unexpectedly at times, he did more than a decent job, scoring 191 runs @ 27. 28, with a strike rate of 141.48, notching up his maiden IPL fifty in the bargain.
