Ashwin hit an excellent 106 in India's second innings and took eight wickets with his off-spin in the second Test against England in Chennai
England captain Joe Root’s match-winning 218 in the first Test against India has helped him advance two places to third position, overtaking counterpart Virat Kohli in the process
Apart from Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara, Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is the other Indian batsman in the top-10
Jonny Bairstow, Shubman Gill, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne and Lahiru Thirimanne also gain in latest rankings released by ICC
Virat Kohli had pulled out of the ongoing Australia series after the first Test to go on paternity leave
Kiwis now have 118 points, two more than Australia and four clear of third-placed India
Williamson gained 13 rating points for his player-of-the-match effort against Pakistan to end the year at the top position
Rahane climbed to the sixth spot after scoring 112 and 27 not out to inspire India's eight-wicket series-levelling win in the second Test
Kohli gained two points for his half-century to get to 888 while Smith (911) lost 10 points in the table after scoring 1 and 1 in his two innings.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s massive 251 against the West Indies catapulted him into second place
Percentage of points earned from the contested matches is being considered by the ICC's cricket committee for the first edition of the championship but a final decision will be taken by the chief executives' committee this week.
Virat Kohli's wife Anushka Sharma is due to give birth to the couple's first child in early January. India are supposed to play four Test matches in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
The Indian squad leaves for Australia immediately after the IPL ends in the UAE on November 10. India won the Test series 2-1 when they toured Australia in 2018
The latest Test and ODI rankings were released by the ICC on Wednesday. Among teams, India are placed second in ODIs and third in both Tests and T20 formats
India captain and batting superstar Virat Kohli held on the 2nd spot in the latest ICC Test player rankings, but bowler Jasprit Bumrah lost grounds
Having become the seventh bowler to reach 500 Test wickets, Stuart Broad is up to third in the ICC rankings
Jason Holder is now on a career-best 862 rating points, the best for any West Indies bowler since Courtney Walsh's tally of 866 in August 2000
There were speculations that India's tour of Australia was unlikely due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the announcement has put to rest all the doubts
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.