5 of the most bankable players from the second Test between India and New Zealand

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin

Batting - 1^st Innings: 26 (33)

Bowling – 1^st Innings: 1/40

Batting – 2^nd Innings: 5 (23)

Bowling - 2^nd Innings: 3/82

Ravichandran Ashwin has displayed extraordinary levels of consistency ever since making his Test debut, and he carried on his good work in the Kolkata Test as well.

Ashwin didn’t get to bowl much in the first innings, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the bulk of the damage. But in the second innings Ashwin made his presence felt, bagging three vital wickets at key moments of the New Zealand innings.

The off-spinner first broke the opening partnership of Tom Latham and Martin Guptill, as he dismissed Guptill plumb in front. He then returned to get rid of Kiwi skipper Ross Taylor leg-before, and a few overs later, dismissed a well-settled Latham caught behind for 74.

His three wickets were not only taken at extremely crucial junctures of the fourth innings, but were also of the three best New Zealand batsmen. His wicket of Taylor was his 400^th international wicket, and reinforced his status as one of the most consistent players in the country.