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Ravichandran Ashwin retirement Brisbane, Australia: On December 18, 2024 (Wednesday), by the end of the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia. The rain-affected third Test match ended in a draw, with both teams now heading to Melbourne for the crucial next Test match. Except for Day 2, the remaining four days of the match were affected by rain. Aussies scored 445 runs in the first inning, and then India scored 260 runs in 78.5 overs. Where Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah scored 47 runs from 78 balls with the score of 213 runs for the 10th wicket because of the draw, both India and Australia got 4 points for World Test Championship (WTC) points. India, which retains its No. 3 position in the WTC (2023-25) points table, and No. 2 position in the hands of Australia.
Ravichandran Ashwin at the end of the third test match
The 38-year-old India’s best right-arm off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin, has announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket matches and withdrawn from the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia in Brisbane. During the joint press conference, he announces his retirement decision, stating that “this will be my last day as an India cricketer in all formats at the international level,” along with Rohit Sharma.
Ravichandran Ashwin Records
ASH fastest 500 (2014-2024) Ashwin is recorded as the most wicket-taker, with 537 wickets and 3503 runs in a total of 107 test matches. He started his career in a series against West Indies in 2011, picking 22 wickets. Ashwin took the 500 wickets within 98 matches, making him the test wicket-taker in India after Anil Kumble, but the fastest 500 wicket-taker in India. Also, the fastest 350 wickets in 66 test cricket matches shared with Muttiah Muralitharan. In ODIs, 156 wickets in 116 matches with a 33.20 average and 72 wickets in 65 T20 matches. Equal to legend Muttiah Muralitharan, a Sri Lankan cricket player, he has won eleven Man of the Matches in Tests. With 37 five-wicket hauls, Ashwin has experimented with several variations of the ball and flight of the ball. He has taken 133 wickets, successful in spinning with the first new ball in test matches. Ashwin is the first player to get a feat at the same place twice in Chennai (home ground) against England in 2021 and against Bangladesh in 2024. He was named in the ICC Test team of the decade 2011-2020.
He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award by the Indian government “”in 2015. ICC Men’s Cricket of the Year and Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year in 2016.
Ravichandran Ashwin Follows Dhoni
Ravichandra Ashwin announces that retainment remained the same as Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2014 against Australia and Anil Kumble in 2008 due to the finger injury in New Delhi from international test matches in the middle of a series.
Ravichandran Ashwin Future goals
Ashwin concluded his press conference with, “I do feel there is a bit of punch left in me as a cricketer, but I would like to expose that probably… Showcase that in clubs that are in cricket, but this will be the last day. I had a lot of fun. Cricket lovers from around the world are sending love and wishes on Ashwin’s retirement.Ravichandra Ashwin will be playing in the 2025 IPL for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after 2015. He continues to play in the Tamil Nadu Cricket League (TNPL) and club-level cricket.
