In a heat of ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy down under, star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin came up with a shocking announcement of his retirement from all forms of international cricket. In a press conference with skipper Rohit Sharma after the third Test at Gabba, Ashwin shared this news with the media marking an end of a memorable career for India. The entire cricketing fraternity has been praising Ravichandran Ashwin for a wonderful career for the Indian team
However, some of the fans have also been blaming Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir for forcing Ashwin to retire. Notably, Gambhir shared a post congratulating Ashwin after his retirement. Reacting to this, many fans bashed the Indian head coach for his retirement, while some also said that Ashwin should have got a farewell match.
Fans blame Gautam Gambhir on R Ashwin’s retirement
Indian Head coach Gautam Gambhir hailed R Ashwin on a memorable career through a social media post. He captioned the post, “The privilege of seeing you grow from a young bowler to a legend of modern cricket is something that I wouldn’t trade for the world! I know that generations of bowlers to come will say that I became a bowler coz of Ashwin! U will be missed brother!”
Look how the fans reacted:
Notably, R Ashwin will not also be seen playing in the remaining two Test matches in Melbourne and Sydney. In the press conference, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed that Ashwin is set to leave for India on Thursday morning
