Dubai: India’s premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Tuesday named the ICC men’s Player of the Month (February) for his stellar show against England in a four-match Test series at home, which his side won to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final.While playing the three matches, Ashwin scored a 106 in the second innings of India’s second Test victory over England in Chennai, and took his 400th Test wicket in the third game victory in Ahmedabad.
Besides the century, Ashwin scalped a staggering 24 wickets against England in February to help India pocket the four-match Test series 3-1 and secure its spot in the WTC final against New Zealand in June.
Scoring a total of 176 runs across these games and taking 24 wickets, Ashwin was the unanimous choice to win in the men’s category for February and garnered the most votes in the fan vote, the ICC said in a statement.