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Ravichandran Ashwin’s sudden retirement left the cricket world shocked. The veteran off-spinner determined to name time on his profession in the midst of the collection. As India pulled off a dramatic draw within the third Check in opposition to Australia in Brisbane, Ashwin’s resolution turned the most important speaking level. Whereas Ashwin himself referred to as it an instinctive resolution, followers and pundits have been arising with their theories on the large resolution. Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels seeing Washington Sundar being picked forward of him within the collection opener at Perth helped Ashwin make up his thoughts on the subject of retirement.
“What exactly has happened? There is a moment in everyone’s life, where you think, do I want to do this anymore? Am I OK with it? Ashwin must have had this in his mind for a long time that he does not play much overseas. He is not the no.1 spin option when it comes to overseas games. This was going on for quite some time. He made peace with it. Jaddu was always ahead of him overseas. So, he made peace with it that Jadeja is playing,” stated Chopra on his YouTube Channel.
India captain Rohit Sharma revealed that he satisfied Ashwin to remain no less than until the pink-ball Check, which the veteran spinner featured in, however seeing him being dropped once more in Brisbane, Ashwin determined to give up.
“But when Sundar played the Perth Test, then he said, that’s it, I am done. Ashwin played the Pink-ball Test but when he was dropped from Gabba, he said, he was done. You are not serious in playing me in the XI. I did nothing wrong in Pink-ball Test to be dropped from the Gabba game. In Gabba, Jaddu made runs so Ashwin was unlikely to feature in Melbourne,” Chopra reasoned.
Ashwin’s father additionally spoke on the subject of his son’s retirement, saying he was being humiliated within the crew. Nevertheless, Ashwin brushed apart the assertion made by his father, saying he is not “media trained”.
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