Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket after the third Test match against Australia on Wednesday.
Ashwin took a few moments before Rohit Sharma’s press conference after the third match of the ongoing Test series against Australia and left after announcing his retirement.
Goodbye to international cricket Ashwin said, ‘This is my last day as an Indian cricketer in every format at the international level.’
He said that ‘I think I still have some cricket left in me but I will now show it in club level cricket.’
38-year-old Ashwin, who started his career for India against West Indies in 2011, Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 537 wickets in 106 Test matches.
Apart from this, he represented India in 116 ODIs and took 165 wickets, while he managed to take 72 wickets in 65 T20I matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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Ravichandran Ashwin played the most Test matches in his career against England with 24 in which he took 114 wickets.
He has taken the most wickets against Australia with 115 in 23 Test matches.
Commenting on Ravichandran Ashwin’s retirement on X, Jahangir Mirza wrote, “The saddest thing is that Ashwin’s career ended without playing a Test match against Pakistan and the same happened to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. will.’
There is truth in this claim as Ashwin has not played a single Test match against Pakistan in his career.
On Ravichandran Ashwin’s retirement, Australian team captain Pat Cummins presented a T-shirt signed by all the Australian players to Ravichandran Ashwin as a gift.
An X user named Rajeev shared a video of the former England cricketer and wrote in his post that why Ashwin and other Indian players do not get a farewell ceremony in front of their own people?
