Ravichandran Ashwin: Spinner R after the third test of Border Gavaskar Trophy. Ashwin surprised the cricket world by announcing his retirement. He returned to India the next day. After this, people gave him a grand welcome at his home in Chennai. In a conversation with former England captain Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, Ashwin made a big revelation and said, I could have captained the Indian team and I also have leadership skills. But it didn’t happen and I have no regrets.
What did Ashwin say?
On the question of captaincy R. Ashwin said, ‘This is very interesting. Because I know very well what is good for me and what is not good for others. When I started my career, I got captaincy in first-class cricket many times. During this period, I also won many tournaments for the team. I think I have the talent to become a captain. But I am not sad that I could not captain my country’s team.
If I had got the captaincy…..
Ashwin further said, ‘There are some things which I cannot control. It was difficult for some people here to understand that I was good at captaincy. But I also had to bring along 15-10 people who thought I could become captain. I feel that this chapter of my career was not for me. Some people might have thought that I am not suitable for this. But this does not mean that I was not good for captaincy. Leadership doesn’t just mean being the captain. You don’t need captaincy for this. Because there was a captain inside me who often thought about how he could make others better and that is what I did. I gave it my best and I have no regrets. Yes, even if I had got the captaincy, I would have given my best.
Ashwin’s cricket career
Here let us tell you that out of the three Test matches played in Australia, Ashwin played only one Test. He retired from the Indian cricket team after taking 537 Test wickets. He is the second highest wicket taker after Anil Kumble’s 619 wickets. Along with this, Ashwin has also achieved the feat of scoring four Test centuries and taking five wickets. Only the great English cricketer Ian Botham has performed well. Who had done this feat five times.
