5 active cricketers who excel on home soil

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin is a vital figure at home

A very tricky spinner and good lower-order bat, Ravichandran Ashwin is another master of taking advantage of home surfaces.

With a superb Test wicket haul of 292 scalps, with 204 coming in home conditions, along with 1172 runs comprising two hundreds and seven fifties, Ashwin was given the tag of a top all-rounder in all formats of the game.

India has proven to be Ashwin's hunting ground for a majority of his career, with him deceiving oppositions with an array of bowling styles.

Batsmen across the globe have struggled to cope with his variations and coupled with an economical average of 22.64, Ashwin is a hard bowler to pick.

His batting has steadily improved and irritated the best bowlers from around the world, guiding India through troubled terrain on many an occasion. An excellent option for India with the ball and bat, Ashwin also played a vital role in helping India win the WC in 2011 at home, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest spin bowlers in Indian cricket history.