Aaron Finch’s Instagram story is on the left and R Ashwin in action on the right. (Screengrab/File)
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement on Wednesday. Former Australian cricketer Aaron Finch, in his farewell message, reminded the spinner of a moment during the Indian Premier League when Ashwin chose not to run out Finch even when the latter was out of his crease at the non-striker end and the former just warned him without dislodging the bails.
“One of the all-time careers. Congratulations R Ashwin. It was a pleasure to play with and against you,” Finch wrote on his Instagram story. PS: Thanks for not running me out this day!” he added with the picture on his Instagram story. The incident occurred during the 2020 IPL when Finch was playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Ashwin was representing Delhi Capitals.
What made Ravichandran Ashwin retire in the middle of the Border-Gavaskar series?
Beyond his troubling knee, events also seem to have prompted the decision over the last few months. When the Test season began with the home series against Bangladesh – in which he picked up the Man of the Series award – Ashwin still seemed to have at least a couple of years left in him. Although the series against New Zealand didn’t go along the expected lines in terms of wickets, he still seemed to be in his element. That series defeat, as Ashwin admitted on his YouTube channel, was hard to overcome in the sense that a proud unbeaten home record had been dented. He would even search for answers with his two daughters.
The Australia tour was supposed to be a means to get back on track, once he decided to join the tour. But once there, the writing seems to have been on the wall with the team management hinting that even if they played two spinners, Ashwin may not get a look-in. With the top order not putting up enough runs, India seems to be inclined towards Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
Ashwin spent compiling 537 Test wickets, 37 five-fors, 11 Man of the Series performances, six Test centuries and 14 fifties.
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