🏏Australia vs India, 3rd Test: Brisbane, 14 - 18 Dec 2024, Day 5 🏏 - Page 66

Originally posted by: Palak2812

That's bad

Last match mein announce karwate and accha farewell dete.

But nahi

Hadh hain

Barabar. It's really a hadh😢😢

Crying.

Wtf.

Ash no.

Who hurt my Ash Anna? I WANNA KNOW

Ravichandran Ashwin factfile

* Second highest wicket take for India (537 wickets), seventh highest overall

* 37 five-wicket hauls, the joint second most with Shane Warne and only behind Muttiah Muralitharan (67)

* Dismissed most left-handers in Test cricket (268)

* Joint most POTS awards (11) alongside Muttiah Muralitharan

* Best SR for a spinner in Tests with a minimum of 200 wickets (50.7)

* Four times he has scored a century and picked up a five wicket haul in a Test, second most behind Ian Botham's five

* Never missed a Test match at home

Transcript from Ashwin's announcement: I think it would be unfortunate to have me around his side (on sitting with Rohit at the PC), since he has announced I'm not going to take too much of your time, this will be my last year as an Indian cricketer at the international level. There's a bit left in me as a cricketer, but I would like to exploit it at the domestic and club-level cricket, but this would be the last day (at the international level). I have had a lot of fun, a lot of memories alongside Rohit and several of my other teammates. We've lost some of them over the last few years, we've been the last bunch of OGs I can say that are left out in the dressing room. I can mark this as my last day in the dressing room. I have several people to thank, but I would be failing in my duties if I didn't thank the BCCI and my teammates. I want to name a few of them, all the coaches who've been part of the journey, most importantly Rohit, Virat, Ajinkya, Pujara, who have taken a number of catches around the bat and have given men a number of wickets that I've managed over a number of years. Also want to thank the Australian team who've been fierce competitors over a number of years, I've enjoyed my team playing against them. It's already getting long, I wouldn't be taking any questions, truly emotional moments and I'm not in a position to answer any questions in the right manner. Once again, thanks for being the journalists you've been, for writing good things, and some nasty things at times. It's a relationship I think we'll maintain forever and I hope you give the other cricketers the same amount of love that you showered upon me. I've stopped as a cricketer, but I'll go on and be involved with the game, it's a game which has given me a lot.

Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be so hard. O take me back to the start… When Coldplay wrote their famous song The Scientist, nobody would have imagined the lyrics would be fitting for the retirement of the cricket scientist. The boy from West Mambalam became India’s man for all for seasons, especially in home conditions and now leaves the dressing room enriching it with so many of his ‘kutti stories.’ The street dog like fighter that he was, he never backed away from a challenge, carving a place for himself purely on the back of his self confidence and belief. He was a young, mere mortal who challenged the spin Gods of India upon his arrival and now retires as an immortal warrior himself.

Someone who always put the team first, Ashwin famously scored a crucial fifty against South Africa when he was still unsure of his family’s whereabouts during the Chennai floods of 2015. Earlier in the year, he faced a family medical emergency and left a Test midway against England, only to rejoin within a day’s time because the team always came first for him. The team came first for him when he was mincing in pain with an adductor tear against Australia, and bowled with glares on to hide his tears. The team always came first when he took body blow after body blow in the Sydney blockathon of 2021 alongside Hanuma Vihari.

Mock him, criticise him for being a poor fielder, call him a ‘has been’ and Ravichandran Ashwin always came back at his critics with a slightly modified action, a new spin variation and a new dimensional to his game. Constantly reinventing himself, Ashwin managed to stay relevant in the game to convert himself from just a wily off spinner to an evergreen in the gentleman’s game. He retires on his own terms now, having been the Man of the Series just a couple of months ago(against Bangladesh). Ash Anna, time for national duty is over, you have the streets now. Thy streets wait for you!!

So that rounds out things at The Gabba. A rather sad finish really as the game reached a glum conclusion and it was followed by Ashwin's retirement. Don't let that take the sheen away from what's already been and promises to continue being a cracking series. India showed great fight and character towards the latter end of this game after being under the pump. Now we wait for Boxing Day and the MCG. News is that it's already a sell-out and there are few better settings for some cricket than a full house at the MCG.

Originally posted by: Palak2812

That's bad

Last match mein announce karwate and accha farewell dete.

But nahi

Hadh hain

Since when bcci turn good in giving farewells there are few players who get a good one

Even world cup winning team excluding Sachin had not get a farewell match!!

I read many FF on Wattpad how bcci organise matches (farewell type) for all senior players

Kash bcci real main aisha karti

Ashwin took retirement. So sad

Originally posted by: Savera84

McSweeney and Khawaja ready to come out. Hang on. There's lightning near the Gabba. So play is going to be delayed. The umpires have ordered the players inside.

3rd test, Day 5

1st innings

Ausrtalia 445 all out

India 260 all out

Australia yet to begin their second innings

Rain should be the man of the match 😛

Originally posted by: iluvusakshi

Why this sudden retirement?

And that too in the middle of this ongoing BGT?