The series between India and Australia is currently ongoing. Game 3 is over, with two games left in the series. At the same time, a big and important news is about to come out. Ravichandran Ashwin, one of the star players of the Indian team, suddenly announced his retirement. Ashwin has contributed immensely to many of India’s big wins. Ashwin’s retirement is the end of an era. He witnessed many major victories for India. He spent a lot of time with the team. Captain Rohit Sharma also looked very emotional about Ashwin’s retirement.
Ashwin will not play international matches now
What’s special is that when India’s match against Australia was going on, news began to spread that Ravichandran Ashwin would retire after today’s match. The game was declared a draw as soon as it was over. Some time later, Ashwin announced his retirement along with his captain Rohit Sharma. Now he will not play any international matches. But he is expected to remain with the team for the remaining two Test matches as well. Ashwin announced his retirement with a heavy heart. However, he will still feature in IPL matches.
Ashwin’s international career looks like this
Talking about Ashwin’s career, he has played 106 Test matches for the Indian team. During this period, he took 537 wickets to his name. He also achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets 37 times and 10 wickets eight times in his career. His Test career economy is 2.83 otherwise if we talk about average it is 24. He has played 116 ODI matches for India and taken 156 wickets. Ashwin’s ODI economy value is 4.93. He has played 65 T20 internationals for India, taking 72 wickets. However, there was a time when Ashwin only played Test matches. He left the Indian team in ODIs and T20 Internationals.
Ashwin’s best record
Talking about Ashwin’s best record, he has won the Man of the Series award 11 times, which is the most among any player. This means that no one has won more Player of the Series awards than him so far. He is currently ranked seventh in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in Test cricket. But if we talk about current players, then Ashwin comes first. He took 5 wickets in 37 innings. He ranks second on this list.
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