(Ravichandran Ashwin does what Kapil Dev and Imran Khan couldn't)Ashwin got the MoS award for his splendid all-round performance against West Indies in the four-Test series. Ashwin scored 235 runs with two centuries and claimed 17 wickets to help India register their biggest Test series victory on the Caribbean soil with a 2-0 win over the West Indies. Ashwin, who made his Test debut in 2011, has been a proven match-winner with the ball. In 36 Tests, Ashwin has slammed 4 hundreds (all against the West Indies) and 6 fifties with his highest score being 124 runs. During the series against the West Indies, Ashwin also became the first Indian to score two centuries and take two five-wicket hauls in a Test series.

Source: India Today August 22, 2016 18:33 UTC