In a shocking revelation, R Ashwin’s father, Ravichandran, alleged the humiliation in the Indian dressing room may have contributed the 38-year-old calling time on his international career abruptly in the middle of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
Ashwin took everyone by surprise when the ace-spinner announced his retirement on Wednesday, soon after India played a draw against Australia in the rain-hit third Test in Brisbane.
While the news shocked everyone, including former cricketers, Ravichandran too was taken by surprise. “I too came to know last minute, actually,” Ravichandran was quoted as saying to CNN News18.
“What was going on in his mind I don’t know. He just announced. I too accepted it with full pleasure. I did not have any feeling at all for that. But the way he gave his retirement, one part I was very happy, another part not happy because he should have continued,” he added.
