India's Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja walk off the field at the end of the second day's play of the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali yesterday. Pic/PTI

Mohali: The emergence of Ravichandran Ashwin as a reliable lower-order batsman has come as a big boon for the Indian team. His achievements as an off-spinner alone are already impressive enough and the way he is going he would surely end up as one of the most successful spinners of all time. Of course, he has a long way to go.