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File picture of Ravichandran Ashwin.© BCCI
Former Australia cricketers Brett Lee and Brad Haddin speculated concerning the causes that led to legendary India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s sudden retirement halfway by means of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. Ashwin introduced his retirement from all types of worldwide cricket upon the conclusion of the third Take a look at, with two Exams nonetheless remaining within the collection. Lee and Haddin speculated that Ashwin might have already been communicated about his future within the facet, and that he might have been annoyed with the fixed uncertainty concerning his place.
“I think the last time a spinner retired through a series (in Australia) was Graeme Swann (when England were 0-3 down in the 2013/14 Ashes). He (Ashwin) may have been told that he’s not going to play any further part in this series, and rightly so, just decided to go out on his own terms,” stated former pacer Lee, talking on Fox cricket.
Haddin urged that there might have been some frustration that motivated Ashwin to announce retirement in such an abrupt method.
“More will come out when Ashwin has his opportunity to speak; just reading between the lines, it looked like he may have been a bit frustrated with the spinning options that they’ve changed in the first three Test matches,” Haddin stated.
India have used three totally different gamers as their lone spinner for the primary three Exams of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Washington Sundar was most popular for the primary Take a look at in Perth, Ashwin returned for the pink-ball second Take a look at at Adelaide, earlier than being dropped once more for Ravindra Jadeja within the third Take a look at in Brisbane.
The 38-year-old finishes with 537 Take a look at wickets in 106 matches, as India’s second-highest Take a look at wicket-taker behind Anil Kumble, who had 619. Ashwin can also be India’s second-highest Take a look at wicket-taker in all codecs, having picked up 765 wickets throughout Exams, ODIs and T20Is.
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