Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been recommended by the BCCI for the Government's prestigious Arjuna Award this year. The player had won the Cricket Board's Polly Umrigar Trophy best player award in 2012-13 season. Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI General Manager (Game Development) said in Mumbai today that Ashwin's name has been recommended for the Award before the April 30 deadline.Ashwin became the fastest bowler in 80 years to complete 100 wickets in his 19th Test last November against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the farewell game of Sachin Tendulkar.The 27-year-old Chennai-born tweaker overtook the previous Indian record of one of the members of the famed spin quartet – off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna – to reach the 100- wicket mark in one fewer Test.