Mumbai Mumbai. India's top off-spinner R Ashwin surprised the cricket world on Wednesday by saying goodbye to his international career in the middle of the ongoing Test series against Australia, even though he still had some strength left. 38-year-old Ashwin is about to retire from Test cricket. The first is an Indian bowler. He has taken 537 wickets in 106 matches. In this way, he is behind the great Anil Kumble (619 wickets) in overall figures.
Being part of the teams that won the 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy in limited overs formats will be counted among the most memorable achievements of his career. He will continue to play club cricket, including in the IPL, where he will return to compete for the Chennai Super Kings next year. Will come back.
“Today will be my last day as an Indian cricketer in all formats,” Ashwin said in a joint press conference with captain Rohit Sharma after the third Test. During this time he refused to answer any questions and left after making the announcement. “I think I still have some potential as a cricketer, but I want to showcase it in club level cricket,” he said. Rohit said that Ashwin had been thinking about retirement for some time and he had talked to him about it during the opening Test in Perth. The captain revealed, “…he felt that if I was not needed in the series right now, it would be better for me to say goodbye to the game.” He said that he convinced the bowler to stay for the day-night Test in Adelaide. There are two more Tests to be played in Melbourne and Sydney and the series is still on as both the teams have registered one win each and the score is tied at 1-1. “…Believe me friends, everyone's time comes, and today my time was about to end,” he told his teammates in his farewell speech in the dressing room, a video of which was released by the BCCI on social media.
“The cricketer in me, the Indian cricketer, the international cricketer may have ended, but the cricket lover in me will never end,” he said. Ashwin, who will return to India on Thursday, in the dressing room hours before the announcement The star batsman was seen having an emotional conversation with Virat Kohli, causing a stir on social media. Kohli placed his hand on the senior bowler's shoulder and Ashwin was seen wiping his eyes before laughing and hugging the star batsman. , main while Coach Gautam Gambhir was standing behind him.
Ashwin's only competitive performance in the tour was in the Adelaide Test in which he took one wicket. He was not included in the playing eleven during the three Test matches, due to which he had to think about his future in the team and ultimately ended his illustrious career. Said goodbye. The Chennai player, who has an engineering degree, usually hides his emotions, but Ashwin, sitting with his old teammate Rohit, left the stage for fear of being overwhelmed on this occasion. He said, “I enjoyed it a lot. I made a lot of memories with Rohit and many of my other teammates.”
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