When did that moment come during Australia tour when Ashwin took the decision of retirement, expressed his views openly on retirement

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 18, 2026

Team India’s legendary spin bowler during Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023-24 R Ashwin Had announced his retirement from international cricket. Team India had to face defeat in this 5-match series played on the tour of Australia and after this a period of change started in the Indian Test team.

Ashwin had surprised everyone by suddenly taking Sanyal in the middle of the series. Now Ashwin has openly talked about his retirement and told when he felt that the time has come to say goodbye.

What did Ashwin say on retirement?

During an event, R Ashwin told that, “I think that in Perth, when Jaddu and I were the main spinners in the team and Vashi played that match in Perth and then I came in the next match and then I had to go out again, it was a kind of signal for me that my time was over.”

Actually, after the Brisbane Test, Ashwin had retired from international cricket. Ashwin had surprised everyone by suddenly taking Sanyal in the middle of the series. Many questions were also raised on the team management regarding this. Head coach Gautam Gambhir was also trolled a lot, but Ashwin has supported Gambhir. This is the series after which Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also said goodbye to Test cricket.

🚨RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN’S SHOCKING REVELATION ON TEST RETIREMENT 🗣️ I think at Perth, when we had Jaddu and myself as the lead spinners in the side and Washi played that game in Perth and then the next game again I came in and then I had to again make way, was kind of suggestive… pic.twitter.com/IjuGMiorJ0
— Rohan💫 (@rohann__45) March 17, 2026

How was Ashwin’s career?

R Ashwin’s cricket career has been quite brilliant and he is also the second highest international wicket taker for Team India. Ashwin played 106 Tests, 116 ODIs and 65 T20 matches for Team India.

Ashwin took 537 wickets in Test, 156 in ODI and 72 wickets in T20. Apart from this, while batting, he scored 3503 runs in Test, 707 runs in ODI and 184 runs in T20. Ashwin also scored 6 centuries in Test cricket.