Ravichandran Ashwin Retirement: Ravichandran Ashwin has ended his 14 year long international career. He has announced his retirement in the press conference held after India vs Australia Gabba Test. In this historic career, he took more than 700 wickets, more than 4 thousand runs and also played 6 century innings. But this question must be rising in the minds of people whether Ashwin has taken retirement from IPL also? Will Ashwin not play in IPL 2025? Let us introduce you to the truth.
The Gabba Test has been canceled due to rain, after which R Ashwin said in his retirement speech, “This is my last day as an Indian player in all formats of international cricket. I believe that I still have the hunger for cricket.” Now I would like to showcase my skills in club level cricket, I have shared a lot of memories with Rohit and other friends, although many of them left me years ago. Have done.”
Ashwin further said, “Out of the old players, only a few select players are left in the team. I believe that this is the end of my cricket career at this level. I want to thank a lot of people. I would like to thank the BCCI and all my I would like to express my gratitude to some of them: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, who have been high level cricketers during my journey. Thank you, who has always played competitive cricket, I enjoyed the game against him.”
Will Ashwin play in IPL?
Ashwin has said in his retirement speech that he is retiring only from all three formats of international cricket i.e. Test, ODI and T20 cricket. He will continue to play franchise and club cricket. Recall that in the IPL 2025 mega auction, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 9.75 crore. This will be the first time since 2015 that Ashwin will be playing for CSK.
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