Ravichandran Ashwin: The third test between India and Australia at Gabba in Brisbane ended with a draw, but the announcement by Ravichandran Ashwin has shocked everyone. The bowling all-rounder has put curtains on his 14-year superb international career.
This news came as a surprise to everyone, as Ashwin was seen having an intense and emotional chat with Virat Kohli and head coach Gautam Gambhir. Ashwin retired with 765 wickets for India, the second-most after Anil Kumble and the 11th highest overall. He has been part of the 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy wins.
The moment Team India gave a guard of honour to Ravichandran Ashwin!
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Ashwin has played 106 tests for India. He has taken 537 runs at an average of 24 with 37 fifers and 8 ten-wicket hauls. He has also scored 3,503 runs with six centuries and 14 half-centuries. In ODIs, he has played 116 games and taken 156 wickets, and in 65 T20Is, he has 72 wickets overall. It has been a career of many ups and downs, but certainly he has been a legend of Indian cricket. Especially in tests, he achieved some incredible records in his career.
Ravichandra Ashwin: Check out the big records held by Ashwin in his international career
2nd-Most Test Wickets for India: Ravichandran Ashwin retired with 537 wickets in test cricket. He is the second-highest wicket-taker for India in the longest format of the game after Kumble. Overall, Ashwin is ranked seventh on the list.
Most wickets at Home: Ashwin was nearly unplayable at home. He took a total of 475 wickets at home, which is now the second highest number of wickets at home after Kumble (476).
Most POTS awards: Ashwin’s test career was incredible. He won a total of 11 Players of the Series awards in Test cricket, which is joint-most with Muralidaran.
Fastest to 250, 300, and 350 Test Wickets: Ashwin has overshadowed Muralidaran in some records. Ashwin is the fastest to 250, 300, and 350 Test wickets in history.
2nd-Fastest to 400 to 500 Test wickets: Ashwin was also the second fastest bowler in history to take 400, 450, and 500 wickets in Test cricket.
Second-most Test Fifers: Ravichandran Ashwin took a total of 37 five-wicket hauls in his test career, which is the second-most after Muralidaran (67).
Century and a Fifer: Ashwin is also one of only four Indian players to have scored a century and taken a fifer in the same test. Ravindra Jadeja, Vinoo Mankad, and Polly Umrigar are the other three.
Most dismissals against a batter: Ashwin enjoyed bowling to left-handers. He dismissed England’s Ben Stokes 13 times, which is the most for an Indian bowler against a particular batter.
Most Times Dismissing Left-Handers: Ashwin holds the record of dismissing left-handers most times. He has dismissed 268 left-handers in his career.
Best SR in Tests: Ashwin holds the second-best strike rate (50.7) by a spinner in test cricket with 200 or more wickets.
Contributed with bat and ball: Ashwin has achieved the feat of scoring a century and taking a fifer in a test four times, which is second-most after England’s Ian Botham (5).
