Virat Kohli had tears in his eyes after hearing Ashwin's final speech in the dressing room, watch the emotional video.

Obnews Sports Desk: The Indian team is currently in Australia for a five-match Test series. After the third test of this series, Indian team's veteran bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has announced his retirement from international cricket. This decision of Ashwin has shocked everyone. Ashwin has achieved a lot for the Indian team.

After retirement, Ashwin gave his final speech in the dressing room. During this time all the Indian players were present there. Virat Kohli became emotional after hearing Ashwin's final speech and had tears in his eyes.

Virat Kohli's eyes became moist

After reaching the dressing room, Ashwin gave his final speech. As the speech progresses, the camera moves towards Virat Kohli, where he appears quite emotional. Starting the speech, Ashwin said, “It is easy to speak in a team huddle, this is a very emotional moment for me. Looks like it came in 2011-12. My first visit to Australia. I saw the transition. Rahul Bhai is gone, Sachin Paaji is gone, but believe me everyone's time comes and today was my time.” During this, King Kohli became emotional.

A Legend Bids Adieu to International Cricket 👏👏

Hear what R Ashwin’s parting words were to the Indian dressing room 🎥🔽#TeamIndia | @ashwinravi99

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 18, 2024

Australia team gave a special gift

The Australian team also congratulated Ashwin for his brilliant career. Australian captain Pat Cummins has given a special gift to Ashwin. After that, Australian spinner Nathan Lyon met Ashwin and gave him a special message and congratulated him. Both the players gave Ashwin an Australia jersey, which had signatures of all the players. Lyon gave this jersey to Ashwin.

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Ashwin's cricket career

Ashwin is the second highest wicket taker for India. He has a total of 537 test wickets in his name. In Test cricket, he has taken 5 wickets in an innings for India the maximum number of 37 times. He has also won the most Player of the Series awards (11 times), equal to Muralitharan. As a spinner, his bowling strike rate is 50.7 (200+ wickets), which is the highest. Ashwin took 765 wickets in his name in 14 years.