R Ashwin’s father’s shocking revelation about son’s retirement: ‘Humiliation…’

The plot is behind Ravichandran AshwinTeam India’s retirement gets worse after the Indian all-rounder returned home from Australia on Thursday. Ashwin, who quickly flew out of Australia after leaving the world of cricket shaken by his decision to retire, received a warm welcome at the Chennai airport. Even Ashwin’s father and mother, who greeted him on his return to Chennai with tears in their eyes, admitted that the news came as much of a shock to them as it did to his millions of fans around the world.

In fact, Ashwin’s father further said that “humiliation” could be one of the reasons behind the Test great’s decision to announce his retirement from international cricket so suddenly.

“Actually, I also found out about it at the last minute,” Ashwin’s father said. News 18. “I don’t know what was going on in his head. He simply announced. I also accepted it with complete pleasure. I didn’t have any feelings about it. happy, the other part is unhappy because he should have continued.”

“(Quitting) is his (Ashwin’s) wish and desire, I can’t interfere with it, but the way he did it could be for many reasons. Only Ashwin knows, it might be a humiliation,” he added.

“There’s no doubt about it (an emotional moment for the family) because he’s been on the field for 14, 15 years. The sudden change, retirement, came as a real shock to us.

Ashwin has been at the top of his game for about a decade now, especially in Test cricket. He ends his career as the second highest wicket-taker in the country not only in Tests but also in international cricket. Ashwin’s father believes he would have continued playing but was forced to stop because he was being “humiliated”.

“There’s definitely no doubt about it (emotionally for the family) because he’s been on the field for 14, 15 years. The sudden change – retirement – came as a real shock to us. At the same time, we expected this. because the humiliation continued. How long he can endure all this, he probably would have decided himself,” Ravichandran said.

Ashwin featured only in the pink ball Test for India against Australia, replacing Washington Sundar, who was preferred in the first match in Perth. In the third Test in Brisbane, Ashwin was again benched and Ravindra Jadeja took his place in the team.

The hint from the team management was clear: Ashwin was no longer India’s best Test player.