‘Sitting on the bench …’ R Ashwin broke silence on retirement, told suddenly said goodbye to international cricket?

R ashwin on his retirement: Ravichandran Ashwin has been one of the great spinners of the Indian cricket team. On the tour of Australia last year, he suddenly shocked everyone by announcing his retirement. This decision taken in the middle of the series made a lot of headlines.

Ashwin announced his retirement after the Gaba Test, which surprised the cricket world. Recently, Ashwin has broken his silence on this subject during a conversation with former coach and veteran Rahul Dravid.

Why did R Ashwin retire?

R Ashwin (R Ashwin) while talking to Rahul Dravid on his channel revealed that his retirement decision taken in the beach series was completely private. He said that he took this step due to lack of opportunities on a foreign tour.

Ashwin said, “I think it was just a matter of time and where I was standing in my life, I was very much older, I had to believe. But it was difficult for me to slowly go on the tour and most of them to sit outside.”

Deadline had already decided

Ashwin also revealed that he had already fixed a private deadline of his international career. He said, “It was always in my mind that I will retire at the age of 34-35 years.” Ashwin further stated that even though his international journey is over now, he is ready to play domestic cricket because he gets flexibility and balance in it.

How is R Ashwin’s career?

Looking at R Ashwin’s career, he has played 106 Tests for India, in which he has 537 wickets. He is the second highest wicket -taking bowler from India in Test cricket. Apart from this, he has also contributed to the bat and has scored 6 centuries and 14 half -centuries.