“Favourite spinner” Anil Kumble does not find place in Ravichandran Ashwin’s All-Time International XI

Former cricketers picking their all-time XI is nothing new. But seems like current cricketers are too taking interest in doing that as India’s leading spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked his all-time international XI during a contest organised by Sportstar named #AskAshwin.

A fan named Kala Mani asked Ashwin’s all-time XI in international cricket, which he replied quite wittingly by saying, “Hahaha, I know this will lead to controversies,” and came up with his all-time XI, which includes big names like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, etc.

Congratulations! @ashwinravi99 answers @kalamani22! Will you be next?https://t.co/EXbU4jEYCV #AskAshwinContest pic.twitter.com/pTiv7Ir0so

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— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 21, 2016

To avoid any controversy, Ashwin further tweeted regarding his team.

@sportstarweb @kalamani22 strictly from the past generation to avoid problems. — Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) April 21, 2016

It seems like Ashwin picked his all-time ODI XI instead of International XI, which was asked by the user, as Michael Bevan did not have good run in Test cricket. Ashwin also revealed his favourite spinner is Anil Kumble but interestingly he did not include the cricketer in his all-time XI. He also clarified on his tweet why Kumble is his favourite spinner.

.@ashwinravi99 has answered @imRitikThakur‘s question in today’s #AskAshwinContest!https://t.co/EXbU4jnnLn pic.twitter.com/GLTkdznZdF

— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 20, 2016

Ashwin is currently India’s leading spinner across all the formats of the game. Till now he has grabbed 176 wickets in his name in just 32 Tests at 25.39.