These 2 legendary Indian players will retire after playing for the last time in Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will never wear the country’s jersey again

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|05-10-2024

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Such a series will be played at the end of the year 2024, which probably all the cricket lovers will be waiting for. Actually, we are talking about Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Under this, India and Australia will play against each other in a five-match Test series. Let us tell you that the Kangaroo team is going to be seen hosting the upcoming series.

The programs of this big series have already been announced. This series is going to be very important for both the teams in order to reach the final of the World Test Championship 2024-25. Let us tell you that this series may prove to be the last series for some players. Two veteran cricketers of Team India are also going to participate in it. Let us know in detail which giants we are talking about.

These 2 legends will retire after Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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This year Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia. The first match is going to be played on 22nd November, the second test on 6th December, the third test on 14th December, the fourth test on 26th December and the fifth and last test of the series is going to be played from 3rd January in the new year. Let us tell you that this series could be the last for two great Indian cricketers.

Actually, the cricketers we are talking about include the names of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Both of them can be seen bidding farewell after the Test series against Australia. It is noteworthy that both the legends have been contributing to Indian cricket for a long time. In such a situation, now the time has come to hand over the responsibility to the young shoulders.

The cricket career of these two players has been like this

Ravichandran Ashwin, who has played more than 100 test matches for Team India, has been amazing. Since making his debut in international cricket in 2010, he has played 102 Tests, 116 ODIs and 65 T20 matches. He has 527 wickets in his name in Test, 156 wickets in ODI and 72 wickets in T20.

If we talk about Mohammed Shami, the right-handed pacer wore the Indian jersey for the first time in the year 2013. Since then, he has represented Team India in 64 Tests, 101 ODIs and 23 T20 matches. Shami has taken 229 wickets in Test, 195 wickets in ODI and 24 wickets in T20.

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