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India offspinner R Ashwin will receive the prestigious Arjuna Award, thus becoming the 46th Indian cricketer to receive the honour which was instituted in 1961 by the Indian government to recognise outstanding achievement in national sport.
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Ashwin made a return to India's Test XI during the recent three-day defeat to England at Old Trafford,
scoring 40 and 46 not out but going wicketless across 14 overs bowled.
On Monday, the 27-year-old was announced as the leading Test allrounder
in the latest ICC rankings. Old Trafford was Ashwin's first Test match
since December in South Africa before he lost his place as the Indian
cricket team's preferred spinner to Ravindra Jadeja.
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Last November, Ashwin became the quickest bowler in 80
years to reach the 100-wicket mark in Tests, against West Indies at the
Wankhede Stadium in Sachin Tendulkar's last match. He broke the previous
Indian record owned by Erapalli Prasanna, in one fewer Test.
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Ashwin has played 20 Tests, 79 ODIs and 25 Twenty20
internationals. He is also the go-to spinner for IPL franchise Chennai
Super Kings, captained by India skipper MS Dhoni and owned by BCCI
president and ICC chairman N Srinivasan.
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The last cricketer to win the Arjuna Award was Virat Kohli in 2013. Other
famous Indian cricket players to receive the honour include Sachin
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag
and Gautam Gambhir.
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