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Ravichandran Ashwin retires from international cricket

silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
I also feel sad because I do think ashwin has more left in the tank than Rohit and Virat but the nature of Indian cricket is that batters are simply way overvalued and celebrated and treated with kid gloves compared to bowlers.
 
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ma1978

International Debutant
When it’s time to go, it’s time to go. And Ashwin looked cooked. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s a champion cricketer, one of the greatest to play the game and a top five Indian cricketer.
 
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Arachnödouche2.0

U19 Debutant
I doubt there's been a greater cricketer in India. He just might exceed Sachin and Kapil even. 383 wickets and 4 hundreds/8 fifties in matchwinning causes almost every time are ridiculous returns.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
I think it's mostly just a sign that India/Aus is seen as a marquee series in India which players treat as a cyclical milestone; they consciously or subconsciously try to get to the next BGT and it's a natural stopping point once it's done. The same way the Ashes often is down here.
 
Sunil1z

Sunil1z

International Regular
OverratedSanity said:
Sehwag, Ganguly, Kumble were all in home series where India were dominating. Doesn't really mean much.
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Yeah, I understand that . Maybe selectors give players chance in BGT because it is a high profile series. Idk but there is definitely a pattern .
 
OverratedSanity

OverratedSanity

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ankitj said:
Ironically Ashwin has to retire because those two are so **** and we are tempted to pick Jadeja and Washington over him for their batting.
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I think Ashwin probably respects Jadeja enough that he can see why he gets left out for him (even if it's dumb, because Jadeja can make the team as a pure batsman and Ashwin can be the lead spinner but hey the team management are stupid). Probably really stung him that he was left out for Sundar though and if so, can't really blame him. Sundar is nowhere near good enough with the ball, and nowhere near proven enough with the bat (yet) to justifiably replace someone like Ashwin at this stage.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
I think we are overthinking this because its The Ethical Mind. IG posts from his close friends indicate he has been considering retirement for a few months now. Probably thought he could see through the season and retire at the end but maybe just got antsy and started missing his family. In any case, with some people, when you dont feel you have that energy for it anymore, you dont.

Monga's piece on Crapinfo is pretty good about this.
 
Victor Ian

Victor Ian

International Coach
Ashwin has gone out the way it should be done...when you ask 'why did you' rather than 'why haven't you'. He knows there are good spin options available to take over who will be better served having a legitimate crack rather than the occasional chance if he was hanging around.
 
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