Rohit Sharma Ravichandran Ashwin Rift: When the magician of spin Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement after the Gaba Test on Thursday, everyone was surprised. Usually it is a tradition that after being a part of the match, a player announces his retirement at its conclusion or such an announcement is made at the end of the series. Ashwin was not even a part of the Gaba Test. Then why did he announce his retirement? Well, this question can only be answered by Ashwin himself or captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir. The developments that have happened in the last 15 days are indicating that everything is not going well in Team India.

When Rohit Sharma came for the press conference after the Gabba Test match ended, he was also asked questions about Ravichandran Ashwin. On this, Hitman said that Ashwin wanted to retire even before the Pink Ball Test played in Adelaide. He expressed his desire to retire during the Perth match. I told him to play this match. After this, Ashwin was also seen playing in the second match of the India-Australia Test series. However, Ashwin was again dropped in the third match. Ashwin played only the second match out of the three matches played so far on this tour.

What happened between Adelaide and Brisbane?
Now the question is whether Ashwin was expecting that he would be given a chance in this tournament as well, due to which he did not retire even after the Pink Ball Test. When he was not given a chance in Gabba, he announced his retirement. It is understood from Rohit's words that he was angry at not being selected in the Perth Test and Washington Sundar, who has a career of only 7 Test matches, being given preference in his place. This is the reason why he wanted to retire earlier. There is no point in Ashwin telling Rohit about retirement before the Perth Test because if that was the case then why would he come to play the Australia Test series. In such a situation, the question also arises that despite sharing the same dressing room, Ashwin and Rohit do not talk to each other.

Had Ashwin's edge faded?
It is clear that everything is not going well between the captain and Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashwin was also a part of Team India in the three matches of the India-New Zealand Test series. He could not take 5 wickets even once in the 9 innings of the last five Tests. He took a total of 15 wickets in these 5 Tests. India also had to face a clean sweep against New Zealand.