Ashwin will not go to Australia to play Border-Gavaskar series, will retire as soon as New Zealand series ends

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-10-2024

Ashwin: After Bangladesh, the Indian team is now playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand. The first match of this series is being played in Bengaluru, Karnataka. In the first innings of the first Test, India won the toss and batted first and were all out for just 46 runs.

The team's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has not contributed much with his ball in the match. He bowled 16 overs, in which he got only one success. After which it is being speculated that Ashwin can announce his retirement with the end of this series.

When will Ashwin retire?

Ashwin will not go to Australia to play Border-Gavaskar series, will retire as soon as New Zealand series ends 1

After the New Zealand series, India has to tour Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024, in which Ashwin will not get a place in the team. Spear Ravindra Jadeja's place in the team is confirmed. Along with this, there will also be a factor of age. Due to which there is a possibility that R Ashwin may end his international career in the last match of the New Zealand series.

R Ashwin's cricket career

Ravichandran Ashwin, the star off-spinner who has taken the highest number of 528 wickets for India in Test cricket after the legendary Anil Kumble, has had a great cricket career. He has shown amazing performance with both bat and ball in his career.

He has played 102 Test matches, 116 ODI matches and 65 T20 matches. He has 528 wickets in his name in Tests while he has 156 wickets in ODIs. He also has 72 wickets in T20I. He has always taken the team out of difficult situations.

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