Ashwin, who was the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 25 scalps, is 10 rating points ahead of England seamer James Anderson.
The WTC final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7-11, while the IPL ends on June 1.
Ashwin has taken 24 wickets in the series so far with an innings left to bowl, but his 6/91 in 47.2 overs will certainly go down as one of his best efforts on a flat deck, after having got a chance to ply his trade on some...
During the presser, Rohit Sharma answered questions about the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, his captaincy, Virat Kohli and Ashwin-Jadeja combination.
Green, who is playing his 20th Test, scored 114 off 170 balls and his innings was no less significant than Usman Khawaja's 180 that took Australia to a solid first innings score of 480.
At stumps, Indian openers were also hardly troubled on a track that hasn't deteriorated one bit as Rohit Sharma (17 batting) and Shubman Gill (18 batting) added 36 runs in 10 overs.
Kohli notched his Test century No. 28, the knock that helped India finish with 571 in reply to Australia's 480 in the drawn fourth and final game.
Ravichandran Ashwin (6/91) was the most successful bowler for India as he picked up five wickets on the second day, while Axar Patel managed to remove Usman Khawaja. Mohammed Shami (2/134) had taken two wickets on day one.
Resuming at 255 for 4, Khawaja and Cameron Green (114) kept batting with ease as they added another 123 runs to consolidate Australia's position, reaching 347...
After dominating the batters in the first three matches of the series, the Indian spinners struggled to trouble the Australians with the Motera track, as...
Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami squared things for India in the second hour as Australia lost the initiative after an impressive start to go into lunch...
Ashwin, who surged to No. 1 in the Test bowling rankings last week, took just four wickets in two innings of the third Test against Australia in Indore.
The embattled Team India, which had set Australia a meagre 76 target, got a glimmer of hope when Ashwin dismissed Usman Khawaja off the second ball in the...
Team India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill safely negotiated the tricky four overs against Australia as the home side go in 13 without loss at Lunch.
Australia reached 71 for one in their first innings in reply to India's 109 at tea on the opening day of the third Test.
Ashwin claimed the top spot after taking six wickets in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test in New Delhi.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home and a guaranteed...
Though the Irani Cup has lost much of its significance in the last 15 years as most national players are always on the move, the tournament, at an individual...
Veteran England seamer James Anderson leads the list but Australia captain Pat Cummins has dropped two places to third.
Australia suffered heavy losses in Nagpur and New Delhi with Indian spinners, led by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, scalping 32 of the total 40...
With his attacking 39 not out, Head, opening the innings for the first time in the absence of injured David Warner, surprised the hosts and took Australia to...
Kohli achieved the feat when he reached 8 during India's run chase of 115 as he flicked Nathan Lyon for a boundary in the 12th over in the second innings.
Cheteshwar Pujara, after getting out for a duck in the first innings in his 100th Test, championed India's chase of 115, scoring 31 runs off 74 balls on a...
Captain Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara were batting on 12 and 1 respectively at the break.
A morning that started with Ashwin's demolition of Australia's top order ended with Jadeja adding six to more to his tally to restrict the visitors to 113.
