Just-retired Ashwin returns to Chennai
The Hindu
Ravichandran Ashwin announces retirement from international cricket, plans to continue playing club cricket including IPL for Chennai Super Kings.
A day after announcing his retirement from international cricket midway into the Test series against Australia, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made a quiet early-morning return to the country on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
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Ashwin could be seen being escorted out of the Chennai International Airport by local officials as fans took photographs before he left with his family without talking to the waiting media.
Ashwin on Wednesday (December 19, 2024) announced retirement with immediate effect in the middle of the five-match Test series that is locked 1-1 after three games. He will continue to play club cricket, including the IPL, where he will return to play for Chennai Super Kings next year.
He signed off as the second-highest wicket-taker for India in Tests with 537 scalps in 106 games, placing him only behind the great Anil Kumble (619 wickets) in the overall statistics.
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"I do feel there is a bit of punch left in me as a cricketer but I would like to showcase that in club-level cricket," Ashwin said in a brief statement during a joint press conference with skipper Rohit Sharma in Brisbane at the end of the drawn third Test there.
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