Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon brace up for ‘battle royale’ in Australia

India’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, at 38, continues to dominate as one of India’s leading bowlers in Test cricket. He has taken more than 500 wickets in over 100 Test matches and is currently excelling in the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle, closing in on the all-time WTC record of his contemporary from Australia, Nathan Lyon.