Chennai, March 17 -- Indian spin veteran Ravichandran Ashwin expressed happiness at being felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) on Sunday for completing 500 wickets in Test cricket and thanked everyone involved at the function for making it a day he would never forget in his life.

Ashwin received Rs 1 crore from the TNCA during the felicitation event.

The spinner took to Instagram, saying that success is a sum total of people who teach one the "right lessons", the ones who teach "harsh lessons" and luck. Ashwin thanked his parents, wife, children, coaches and some cricket stars like Kris Srikkanth, Dinesh Karthik, Abhinav Mukund and Anil Kumble for helping him in his journey. He also thanked the TNCA secretary RI Pala...