One of India’s greatest Test match bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the end of the third Test vs Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday. The game ended in a draw with the series level at 1-1.
Ashwin has called it a day after 106 Tests where he went on to claim 537 wickets and scored 3,503 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma revealed that he found out about Ashwin’s decision to retire at the Perth but he convinced the off-spinner to play in the ‘Pink Ball’ Test at the Adelaide Oval.
The Tamil Nadu off-spinner ended his Test career as India’s second-highest wicket-taker in the format, with 537 wickets at an average of 24 in 106 Tests, only behind legendary Anil Kumble, who finished with 619 wickets from 132 Tests.
He played only one of the first three Tests of the ongoing five-match series in Australia, taking 1 for 53 in the day-night fixture in Adelaide. In the previous series, the 3-0 defeat at home to New Zealand, Ashwin had picked up only nine wickets at an average of 41.22.
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