Chennai, Simply-retired R Ashwin’s father Ravichandran kicked up an argument on Thursday by claiming that “humiliation” may have been a motive for his son’s choice to name it quits however the veteran off-spinner made mild of the “dad comment”, blaming it on lack of media coaching.
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Ashwin dropped a bombshell on Wednesday when he introduced his retirement from top-flight cricket on the finish of the drawn third Take a look at in opposition to Australia in Brisbane. He flew again to Chennai the identical night and was welcomed warmly by his household and pals right here on Thursday morning.
Though Ashwin described his choice as an “instinctive” name that was on his thoughts for some time, his father raised eyebrows by hinting at different components, together with humiliation.
Nonetheless, Ashwin later tried to douse the fireplace, saying his father was not “media trained” and his remark shouldn’t be taken critically.
“My father isn’t media trained, dey father inneda ithelaam . I never thought you will follow this rich tradition of ‘dad statements’,” he quipped after the remark turned a viral social media pattern.
“Request you all to forgive him and leave him alone,” Ashwin wrote on X.
Earlier, Ravichandran mentioned the household was anticipating Ashwin’s retirement for a while as a result of “humiliation was going on”, although he did not reveal the precise nature of it.
“The sudden change – retirement – gave us a shock. We were expecting it because humiliation was going on. How long he can tolerate all those things? Probably, he would have decided on his own,” he mentioned.
“It’s his wish and desire, I cannot interfere in that. The way he gave his retirement, one part I was very happy, another part not happy because he should have continued,” he added.
Ashwin had informed the media in Brisbane that he has a “bit of punch left” in him, hinting at causes greater than mere cricketing.
Washington Sundar was picked forward of the seasoned off-spinner, who has 537 Take a look at wickets, for the primary recreation in Perth. The 38-year-old discovered a spot within the eleven for the Pink Ball Take a look at at Adelaide.
Nonetheless, Ashwin was once more benched for the third Take a look at on the ‘Gabba’ as Ravindra Jadeja began in that match.
India skipper Rohit Sharma revealed that he had a chat with Ashwin on the sidelines of the Perth Take a look at and satisfied him to remain for the day-night recreation.
“…this was on his mind and there are obviously a lot of things that went behind it. When I arrived in Perth, this was a chat we had and I somehow convinced him to stay for that pink ball Test match,” Rohit had revealed in his press convention on Wednesday.
“Then after that it just happened so that he felt that if I am not needed right now in the series, I am better off saying goodbye to the game,” he added.
Ashwin will proceed to play membership cricket and will likely be turning up for Chennai Tremendous Kings within the IPL subsequent 12 months.