Indian spin maestro Ravichandran Ashwin has finally taken the call to draw curtains on his decades-long legacy in the longest format of the game for India.
The legendary spinner who made his debut back in 2010 had an illustrious career of nearly 14 years, which was called off when Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement in the post-match conference alongside Rohit Sharma after the Gabba test.
Ravichandran Ashwin will always be remembered as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played for India in red-ball cricket, as he goes down with 537 wickets in the format. While he remains the second-highest wicket-taker for India, one of the greatest among modern-day cricketers.
While Ashwin also has 3503 runs in the longest format, scoring 6 hundred with the red ball. From winning the Cricket World Cup in 2011 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, Ashwin has been part of India’s legacy and has seen it all with the Men in Blue.
On Ravi Ashwin’s retirement, Rohit Sharma, the Indian skipper, praises him
“Ashwin is a true match winner India has ever seen.”
“Heard about Ashwin’s retirement when I came to Perth; I convinced him to stay for the pink-ball test,” also stated the Indian skipper.
Not Virat Kohli but this veteran Indian player has aced new records for India in Australia, surpassing legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev
Jasprit Bumrah, India’s only in-form cricketer in the longest format of the game in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, has finally attained new heights for the Indian side. Bumrah, with 3 more wickets in the second Australian innings at the Gabba, now has 52 wickets in the island nation of Australia.
With this, he surpasses the likes of Kapil Dev, the veteran cricketer, for having the most test wickets for India in Australia. The former Indian skipper, who picked 51 wickets with the red ball in Australia, has been left by the modern-day great.
Bumrah is just 30 years old and will continue to play for India for another 5-6 years and hence would have further opportunities to increase his wicket tally, while also the two most hostile pace tracks in the world, the MCG and SCG, await him in the upcoming two tests of the BGT.
