In this Indian name, the name Murugan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ashwin.
 Ashwin during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2022 | Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Punjab Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Chandigarh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murugan Ashwin (born 8 September 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Chandigarh having previous represented Tamil Nadu.
Domestic career
Ashwin made his List A debut on 11 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Indian Premier League
Ashwin was bought at the 2016 Indian Premier League auction by the Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 4.5 crores from his base price of INR 10 lakhs. In February 2017, in the 2017 IPL auction, Ashwin was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for INR 1 crore.
In January 2018, Ashwin was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction. In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for the base price of INR 20 lakh in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
In February 2022, he has been bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2022 Indian Premier League auction.
References
- "Murugan Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group A: Mumbai v Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad, Dec 11, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group A: Haryana v Tamil Nadu at Nagpur, Jan 2, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- "IPL2022 Auction".