Was Ashwin pushed out? His retirement signals shift

IMAGE: Ravichandra Ashwin's fun time with support staff. Photograph and video: BCCI/X A tough nut to crack on the field, just-retired India off-spin great Ravichandran Ashwin is not exactly the same once he is in the dressing room where he is known to enjoy fun moments with his team-mates and support staff. In a footage released by the BCCI, a day after he brought down the curtain on an illustrious international career in Brisbane midway through the five-match Test series against ...

'I don't know why Ravichandran Ashwin called it a day. I would want to hear his side of the story. Give him that respect.' IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after dismissing England's Joe Root in the second Test at the ACA-VDCA cricket stadium, in Visakhapatnam, on February 5, 2024. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Unable to comprehend Ravichandran Ashwin's sudden decision to retire from international cricket, a shocked World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev says the premier ...

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin's record with the pink ball tipped the scales in his favour. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Ravichandran Ashwin was preferred over Washington Sundar for the second Test because the Indian team management reckoned the senior off-spinner would be more effective on the Adelaide Oval surface, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said on Friday. SCORECARD Also, Ashwin's record in pink-ball Tests helped him pip Ravindra Jadeja and Sundar in the playing XI.   ...

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, K L Rahul and Rishabh Pant during India's practice session. Photograph: BCCI/X Fans will no longer be allowed at India's practice sessions in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series against Australia after some of them passed 'rude' comments during the team's nets in Adelaide on Wednesday.The practice session was thrown open to fans on Tuesday ahead of the second Test at the Adelaide Oval, starting Friday.While a handful of them gathered to watch Australia, ...

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin was bought by CSK for Rs 9.75 crore during the Day 1 of the IPL 2025 auction. Photograph: BCCI Chennai Super Kings can use Ravichandran Ashwin in 'a number of ways' in IPL 2025, said head coach Stephen Fleming after the five-time champions completed the venerable spinner's homecoming at the mega auction in Jeddah on Sunday.Ashwin was bought by CSK for Rs 9.75 crore during the Day 1 of the players' auction, as CSK looked to add players whose skill sets are suited to ...

'Maybe he got some indication from the team management that he is no longer in the scheme of things.' IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, who debuted in 2011, retires as India's second-highest wicket-taker in Tests with 533 wickets in 106 matches. Photograph: BCCI   E A S Prasanna -- who many batters across the world in his time hail as the greatest off spinner of all time -- believes Ravichandran Ashwin may have been pushed towards international retirement by the Indian team management's ...

Appeared in 61 Tests won by India. Only Sachin Tendulkar (72) and Virat Kohli (62) have been part of a winning XI on more occasions for India. IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin has eclipsed records galore to end his international career as one of India's greatest cricketers. Photograph: BCCI Spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket in all formats after the third Test against Australia finished in a draw in Brisbane on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. Ashwin's ...

An astute reader of the game both on and off the field, Ashwin might have gauged what was in store going forward and that perhaps made it easier for him to take a call. IMAGE: After 537 Test wickets, at the age of 38, and for a man who wore the India colours with a lot of pride, Ravichandran Ashwin didn't want to just sit there in the dressing room wearing a fluorescent green bib worn by reserves. Photograph: BCCI "If I am not needed right now in the series, I am better off saying goodbye to ...

'Just be proactive against him and not let him settle and bowl the way he wants to.' IMAGE: Steve Smith, who is 315 shy of 10,000 Test runs, will bat at his favoured No. 4 slot in the five-Test series against India. Photograph: BCCI Australia's batting talisman Steve Smith wants to adopt a proactive approach against Ravichandran Ashwin in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy to avoid his struggles against the Indian spinner during the 2020-21 series.Ashwin had nicked off Smith thrice during ...