Indian legend, Virat Kohli took to social media to write an emotional note for his friend and one of India’s premier spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin who blew the international trumpet on Wednesday. Ashwin and Kohli were assigned to play for India since 14 years and know the highs and lows of the game. They have been on the right side when India won some of the biggest victories and also when they tasted some of the worst defeats.
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The 38-year-old who is presently with the Indian team in Brisbane had a special bond with Virat. When Ashwin was visibly emotional and was hugged by Kohli on camera, the talk of his retirement began to gain an upswell.
When you told me today that you are retiring and I’ve been your teammate for 14 years it felt me emotional and do recall all those moments while playing together. I have enjoyed every moment with you ash ,Your skill and match winning contributions to Indian cricket are unparalleled and you will ever and ever be remembered as the legend of Indian cricket, – @viralcheater,AuthService_twitter, 3 April 2020
Wish you all the best in all aspects that life with your family and all other things that life has in store for you. A huge amount of respect and a heap of love for you and your loved ones. Thank you very much buddy. Finally, he said.
Virat Kohli on Ravichandran Ashwin’s Retire After 14 years
The wily off-spinner was curt when he stated that Wednesday would be his final day as an international cricket player.
This is something I don’t want to make it about me. Yesterday I played the last match of my international cricket career. I’ve had a lot of fun. This is something I definitely have shared with Rohit [Sharma] and several other of my team-mates, we actually have lost some of them [through retirement] in the recent past.
We can say that we are the last bunch of OGs, right? This is going to be marked as I’ve played at this level”, Ashwin said during the post-match press conference alongside the Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
Being a style specialists in red-ball cricket, Ashwin played in 106 tests, took 537 wickets with 37 five-wickets in a match and compiled 3503 runs. Some might say there is much more to Sachin ’s role in Indian cricket than just those tremendous figures.
R Ashwin Won’t Stay With Team After Retirement, Rohit Sharma Reveals His Next Course Of Action
Ravichandran Ashwin’s decision to retire from international cricket in the middle of the continuing Border-Gavaskar Trophy means that the great offspinner will return home to India at the end of the third Test, not to continue with the team further. India captain Rohit Sharma, during one of the press conferences said that Ashwin to be left out for Melbourne tour.
However, Ashwin is likely to return home on Thursday the day after the third Test. He has also given indications of the future cricket strategy. Rohit announced Ashwin’s retirement after the Hobart Test but Ashwin didn’t take questions from the media in the post match conference when Rohit said that Ashwin will not accompany the team to Melbourne or Sydney.
However, when the tour ends, Ashwin will leave for India on Thursday, December 19. Even though he may have retired at the international level, the proficient cricketer Ashwin has not yet folded his cricket career. “I do believe I still have some punch left in me as a cricketer and that is what I would like to do in club cricket,” Ashwin said in the post match interview.
“See you all soon. It has just ended for me as a cricketer, but I might continue being a part of it, because this is a game that has blessed me with everything,” Ashwin said. Ashwin’s next tenure as cricketer might mean he will play for his state Tamil Nadu in more domestic cricket leagues such as the Ranji Trophy.
He is also expected to wear the CSK yellow in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 2025. Ashwin finally quits as Indian cricket’s second most successful cricket across all cricket formats with 765 to his name, with Anil Kumble being his only successor.
His last Test match was the second pink-ball Test against Australia at Adelaide where India was bundled out for a 10-wicket defeat. Ashwin got out one wicket, while Mitchell Marsh was his last international victim.
Sunil Gavaskar Strongly Disagrees With Ravi Ashwin Retirement Timing With Series In Line
They have an all-rounder of the same stature as Dhoni during the 2014-15 Australia series,” said former India captain and legendary opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar in response to Ravichandran Ashwin’s retirement decision’s effect on the team.
Ashwin retired from international cricket following the rain-marred drawn game in the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba. Gavaskar compared it to MS Dhoni’s mid-series retirement during the 2014-15 Test series in Australia, a statement to which critics said undermined team planning.
He could have said, listen after the end of the series I will not be picked for India again. What it does is that, similarly when MS Dhoni retired at the end of the 3rd Test in 2014-15 series, it leaves you one short,” Gavaskar told broadcasters.
A selection committee has aptly chosen so many players for a tour with a cause. And if there are any injuries they can pick from the reserve players to have in the team. Thus, Sydney is a place at which there can be a lot of help for spinners provided.
So, India could have used, two spinners. You never know. He could have been there for sure. I have no idea how the pitch in Melbourne will be like. As a rule, one examines the last episode of the series’ episodes, right? That’s it. ‘It is not usual in the middle,’ he added.
Responding to a query if indeed Washinton Sundar was in line to replace another wonderful off spinner Ashwin, Gavaskar said yes he appeared to be. It’s probably time to consider Washington Sundar as potentially being ahead of him. Rohit said that Sundar is catching a flight tomorrow. Well, this is the end of Ashwin as an international cricketer, then. He has been one heck of a cricketer,” Gavaskar said.
Meanwhile, Sundar dedicated a touching post for state-mate Ashwin on his Instagram page after the allrounder bid his team . Beyond a team-mate – Ash anna, you have given us a complete package – inspiration, motivation and a perfect example of a game icon. There are no worlds left for me to say to you except that it is a privilege to have played with you on the field to have shared the dressing room with you.
Having played my cricket at Chennai– being a fellow Tamil Nadu boy and having watched your growth from the close vicinity of Chepauk to having the privilege of playing against and alongside you. I have had privilege of experiencing every moment to the later minute and it has been a great honor. All that though is on and off the field something that I will hold close to my heart and cherish for the rest of my life. A post read: ‘Got let go today Enjoy this, young man Congratulations on making it through Wishing you success and happiness in whatever comes next.”
This is a problem for Ashwin because he has retired at a very delicate situation in border gavaskar trophy that the 1-1 series and finally draw the Gabba test. His absence is a blow to India’s bowling resources allowing the two investment banks to maintain the upper hand for Waughs benefit if they get the purse strings pulled for them in Melbourne and Sydney where spinners rule the decks.
Ravi Ashwin’s Blunt ‘Retirement’ Chat With Rohit Sharma Revealed
Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin reiterated during the post-match media conference on Wednesday that he would not be playing major international cricket again after the conclusion of the third Test match against Australia at Brisbane. Ashwin, however, made the statement during the post-match press conference with skipper Rohit Sharma.
Ashwin did not take any more questions after the announcement, but Rohit confessed that he was left speechless after the announcement and described him as one of the ‘biggest match-winner’ the country has ever produced. Joking about Ash, he was very very sure about this decision. I had this told to me when I arrived in Perth.
Of course, I was not there when Test match started, maybe for the first three or four days, but it was on his mind since. Of course, there are many factors involved behind it; I am sure, Ash, when he went into the position, he will be able to answer that,” Rohit told the press during the post-match interview.
The other thing is that he has an insight of what the team is thinking. He knows what sort of combinations we are contemplating. And then when we arrived here also we did not know which spinner is going to be playing. All we wanted was to evaluate and also learn what kind of situations are presented to us We’re always looking for overturned, but yes, when I reached Perth this is what we discussed and let me twist his arm to play that pink ball Test, he added.
‘It just happened so that if you know where he felt that if I’m not needed right now in the series I’m better off,’ End of the game, but of course we have not been to Melbourne and therefore we do not know the conditions we wish to expect there and general combination, but this is for Ash in particularly to give him that respect that if this is how he wants it, we should give him the chance to think like that and we should all support him.
Naraina, touted as the next greatest Indian spinner after Anil Kumble, hangs his boots and so far has 537 Test wickets in 106 matches at the age of 38.
The NV – made it to the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 champions trophy winning teams – are other memorable achievements that would mark its career.
He is very much a match-winner for us. He is also free to make those decisions independently, and if it was now, well, that was okay too. He looks like a very witting person especially during the recently held press Conference. He is a very funny guy, that I do not have any doubt about.
“I think I have shared crease with Ash since under 17 he was opener batsman then few years later we all vanished and then suddenly hear news Tami Nadu R Ashwin taking five wickets seven wickets and I was wondering who this particle is I used to play him as batsman and boom he became bowler taking fifers and obviously at international level met him again and had long and long journey together,” he further said.
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