India’s key spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced retirement from international cricket on Wednesday (December 18, 2024) by the end of the third Test match Border-Gavaskar series against Australia in Brisbane.
He announced his decision during the press meet in Gabba that happened after today’s test match. “This will be my last day as an Indian cricketer in all formats in the international level,” told the reporters.
With 765 wickets in his credit, Ashwin is the second-highest wicket-taker from India after Anil Kumble. Ashwin has taken 537 wickets at an average of 24 in 106 Test matches. He is also 7th on the overall list of wicket-takers.
He is the second fastest to take 500 Test wickets, reaching it in 98 matches.
Ashwin also has 37 5-wicket-hauls in an innings, the second most behind Sri Lanka’s legendary Muttiah Muralitharan.