Because of Gautam Gambhir, Ravichandran Ashwin suddenly announced his retirement out of compulsion? What did Indian captain Rohit Sharma say?

Ravichandran Ashwin: The 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) is being played in the hosting of Australia Cricket Team. In the midst of this Test series, Ravichandran Ashwin, a veteran player of the Indian team and one of the best off-spinners in the world, has suddenly announced his retirement, surprising everyone. Apart from the cricket world, cricket fans are also surprised by Ravichandran Ashwin's retirement.

Ravichandran Ashwin suddenly decided to retire without giving any reason for his retirement and refused to talk much about it. Since then, everyone is curious to know why Ravichandran Ashwin has suddenly taken this decision. Now Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has broken his silence on this.

Ravichandran Ashwin had decided to retire after losing the series against New Zealand.

According to PTI reports, the Indian team had to face a 0-3 defeat in the 3-match Test series against New Zealand at home last month. Since then, the thought of retirement had come to the mind of this veteran player of the Indian team. Ravichandran Ashwin had talked to the team management after this Test series and had said that if I do not get a chance in the playing 11 in Australia, then I do not want to go to Australia.

After this, when the Indian team reached Australia, Ashwin did not get a chance in the first Test match and coach Gautam Gambhir decided to give a chance to Washington Sundar as an off-spinner in place of Ravichandran, which Ashwin liked. He did not come and he became very angry with this.

Ravichandran Ashwin talked to the captain as soon as Rohit Sharma arrived.

Indian team captain Rohit Sharma was not present for the first test match and Jasprit Bumrah captained the Indian team in this test match, but the playing 11 for the team was selected by Gautam Gambhir. Was. Gautam Gambhir decided to give a chance to Washington Sundar as a spinner.

When Rohit Sharma reached Australia on the third day of the first test match, Ravichandran Ashwin talked to captain Rohit Sharma and told him about his retirement, after which Indian captain Rohit Sharma asked Ashwin to play the pink ball test match in Adelaide. Celebrated and he was given a chance in the playing 11.

'If you don't need me then it would be right to say goodbye to me'

Indian captain Rohit Sharma revealed about this saying, “When I reached Perth, we talked about it and I somehow convinced him to stay for the pink ball Test match and after that, it just happened … They felt that if I was no longer needed in the series, it would be better for me to say goodbye to the game.”

Talking about this, Indian captain Rohit Sharma further said that “It was in his mind and obviously there are many things behind it. I'm sure Ash will be able to answer this, but he understands what the team is thinking. It is important that players like him, who have had many important moments with the Indian team and have been really big match-winners for us, are allowed to take decisions on their own and if it is now, then so be it. .”