Veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has announced his retirement from international cricket in the post-match press conference of the Brisbane Test.
The spinner ends his career with a massive 765 wickets, 537 of which came in red-ball cricket. He ends his career as the second-highest wicket-taker in India’s history only behind legendary spinner Anil Kumble. Ashwin also has an outrageous 37 five-wicket hauls in the longest format.
Not just this, Ashwin also scored a total of 3503 runs in red-ball cricket, scoring 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries. His highest score in the longest format is 124. He has also won an incredible 11 Player of the Series awards in Tests throughout his illustrious career.
In the ongoing series against Australia, Ashwin only participated in the Adelaide Test where he scored a total of 29 runs in the 2 innings and took a wicket as well, giving away 53 runs.
He is one of the 11 all-rounders, who have scored over 3000 runs and taken over 300 wickets in international cricket.
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