Brad Haddin on Ravichandran Ashwin Retirement Controversy: Former Australian cricketer Brad Haddin suggested that veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s retirement midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was due to frustration at not being selected in the playing eleven. The experienced all-rounder had created a stir in the cricket world by announcing his retirement from international cricket after the draw in the third Test in Brisbane. It is noteworthy that Ashwin did not play in that match. He participated in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval, in which he scored 29 runs and took one wicket in both innings. Before this series, he was part of India’s shocking home Test series against New Zealand, which was their first defeat in 12 years. Ashwin was one of the key architects of India’s dominant Test run on home soil.
Speaking on the Willow Talk podcast, Haddin said, “In the first three Test matches, they played three different spinners, so they came here not knowing what their style of play was going to be here. It shouldn’t be a surprise, he’s had a lot of success here, so I don’t think we’ve heard about it yet, Ashwin retiring in the middle of the series. chose It was a big mistake to leave.”
Haddin further said that Ashwin probably saw himself as a “number one spinner” and decided to retire on his own terms rather than sit on the bench if he was no longer considered essential. “I think he sees himself as the number one spinner. He has a great record, and he just said, ‘You know I’m not sitting on the bench. If you can’t decide that I’m your I am the best spinner, so I have played enough. I don’t think we’ve heard of it,”
Hadin said. India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-3, losing by six wickets after setting Australia a target of 162 runs in the fifth and final Test in Sydney. With this defeat, India is officially out of the race for the final of the ICC World Test Championship to be held at Lord’s in June next year, as Australia and South Africa have confirmed their places.
In 106 Test matches for India, Ashwin took 537 wickets at an average of 24.00, with best figures of 7/59. He achieved five wicket hauls 37 times and ten wicket match hauls eight times in his Test career. He is the eighth-highest wicket-taker overall in Tests and the second-highest wicket-taker for India after Anil Kumble (619 wickets). With the bat, Ashwin scored six centuries and 14 fifties in 151 innings at an average of 25.75. Has scored 3,503 runs and his highest score is 124 runs. In 116 ODI matches, Ashwin has taken 156 wickets at an average of 33.20 and his best performance has been 4/25.
He has also scored 707 runs in 63 innings at an average of 16.44 including one half-century. He is the 13th highest wicket taker for India in this format. Ashwin has taken 765 wickets in 287 matches across all formats and is India’s second highest wicket taker after Anil Kumble (953 wickets). Ashwin was also a key member of the Indian teams that won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
