Joe Root and Kane Williamson have also been shortlisted for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy which will be announced on January 24.
Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland are three other nominees for the award. Notably, Smriti Mandhana has also been nominated for Women's T20 Player of the Year.
Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan, Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka, Mitchell Marsh of Australia and Jos Buttler of England have been shortlisted for the ICC T20I Player of the Year 2021 award.
Besides Ravichandran Ashwin, England skipper Joe Root, New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson and Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne were also nominated for the ICC Test cricketer of the year award.
Muhammad Huraira, 19 years and 239 days, reached the milestone in 327 balls on the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Northern and Balochistan. Batting great Javed Miandad holds the Pakistani record.
Anil Kumble, who's the second bowler to claim cricket's own 'perfect 10' against Pakistan in 1999, was among the first to congratulate Ajaz Patel. The New Zealand spinner took all ten Indian wickets in the first innings of the second Test.
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Rashid Khan achieved the feat by dismissing Mohammad Hafeez during the ICC T20 World Cup, Super 12 match between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Shakib finished his spell with figures of 2/17 to help Bangladesh restrict Scotland to 140/9 in their ICC T20 World Cup 2021, Group B match.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is playing his 10th Indian Premier League final and ninth for Chennai Super Kings as captain.
Indian veteran Raj held the women's record with an unbeaten 114 against Ireland in 1999 at the age of 16 years and 205 days.
The Indian skipper achieved the feat during his 44-run knock in the Indian second innings on the fourth day of the fourth Test match
They have so far added 421 runs at an average of 52.62 in eight innings with one century and two fifty stands
Besides the Indian duo, England's left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone has also been nominated for the honour in the women's category
Jack Leach took 4/76, while James Anderson snared 3/17 as England blew away India on the final day to post sixth win in a row away from home.Catch the highlights of IND vs ENG
Pant scored a 97 at Sydney and an unbeaten 89 at Brisbane that powered India to an incredible series win against arch-rivals Australia Down Under.
Besides Ashwin and Pant, two other Indians -- Mohammed Siraj and T Natarajan -- are also in the fray.
An emotional David Warner won his third Allan Border Medal beating teammate Steve Smith by one vote in their first season following the ban that brought their rollicking careers to a one-year halt
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.