Sydney, Sept. 25 -- Indian spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin has signed with Sydney Thunder for the Big Bash League (BBL) season 15. He will be the first cricketer who has played for the India men's cricket team to represent a BBL club.

"Indian legend Ravichandran Ashwin has created history, joining Sydney Thunder for BBL|15. The Thunder Nation will welcome the biggest overseas signing since the League's inception, with Ashwin set to become the first male player to have represented India to join a BBL club," Sydney Thunder said in a release.

Ashwin will enter Thunder's line-up in early January and ignite the club's push to play in back-to-back BBL finals, having lost to Hobart Hurricanes in the previous season.

The release said that 39-y...