New Delhi:
When the Indian team was in a happy mood after losing the third test draw in Brisbane, then offie Ravichandran Ashwin (Ravichandran Ashwin) surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from international cricket. When Ashwin announced his retirement after the end of the match, many questions arose. This veteran off-spinner did come to the press conference, but he refused to answer any questions while making his retirement public. Now the discussion has gained momentum that there is definitely some black in the pulses. However, based on the reasons cited in the report and the picture emerging, a big role of head coach Gautam Gambhir is visible. Let us understand the whole story through these 6 points.
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1. Ashwin was not willing to go to Australia if there was no guarantee of playing in the playing XI. It was only after the 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand that Ashwin started thinking about what was in front of him. During the team selection in Australia tour, Ashwin also asked the selectors for a guarantee of playing in the eleven. Some guarantees were also given to him.
2. Ashwin got his first shock when Washington Sundar was selected in the team after ignoring him in Perth. Of course, this hurt Ashwin a lot. From here, Ashwin started thinking more about whether he should remain in the team for the remaining series or not.
3. Ashwin talked to captain Rohit about the situation, where he clearly said that if the team does not need him, he will retire. However, somehow Rohit asked Ashwin to wait till the pink test. Rohit kept his promise and Ashwin played the second Test match, but in India’s ten-wicket defeat, Ashwin could take only one wicket. Probably this performance completely changed the mind of head coach Gambhir.
4. As the third Test approached, Ravindra Jadeja was included in the team in place of the off-spinner. This made it completely clear to Ashwin what the options were before him. Jadeja’s selection and his brilliant innings of 77 runs had now confirmed that from here onwards his relevance in the XI has almost ended.
5. Although, there are chances in Sydney that India may play two spinners in the eleven, but Ashwin felt that despite this he would not get a place in the eleven. And he has currently become the third choice of the management after Jadeja and Washington.
6. When Rohit was not available in the Perth Test, head coach Gautam Gambhir took a bold decision by replacing Ashwin with Washington Sundar in the eleven and made it clear that he would go ahead with his policy. But with the return of Rohit, the picture of the eleven changed, but when Jadeja was included in the eleven in his place in the third test, this veteran off-spinner decided to say goodbye to cricket.
