Veteran India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin not too long ago introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket. He confirmed his resolution after the conclusion of the third Check of the continued Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Brisbane.
Ashwin appeared alongside skipper Rohit Sharma within the post-match press convention and addressed the media. Following that, former India cricketer Kapil Dev has come ahead and expressed how sad he was with the best way Ashwin retired. Kapil Dev opined that he would have despatched off Ashwin with a whole lot of respect and happiness and requested the present technology of cricketers to be higher than them.
“The following technology needs to be higher than us. If not, the world just isn’t going forward. We by no means imagined that anyone would come near Sachin Tendulkar or Sunil Gavaskar…Ashwin has gone. I want I had been there, I would not have let him go like that. I’d have despatched him with a whole lot of respect and happiness,” Kapil Dev was quoted as saying by IndiaToday.
‘Leaves you one quick’ – Sunil Gavaskar on Ashwin’s mid-series retirement
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar in contrast Ashwin’s retirement to that of MS Dhoni from Check cricket. Notably, Dhoni had additionally introduced his retirement in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2014-15. Reflecting on the identical, Gavaskar opined Ashwin may have made the announcement after the top of the sequence, as his mid-series retirement leaves the Indian crew with no core participant in a vital sequence.
“He may have mentioned, pay attention after the top of the sequence, I will not be accessible for choice for India. What it does is that, equally when MS Dhoni retired on the finish of the thirrd Check in 2014-15 sequence, it leaves you one quick. The choice committee has picked so many gamers for a tour with a objective. If there are any accidents they’ll choose from the reserve gamers to have within the crew. So, Sydney is someplace the place there may be a whole lot of help on supply for spinners,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying by NDTV.
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