R Ashwin reflected on his international career |Courtesy - BCCI/PTI
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- R Ashwin reflected on his international career
- Ashwin played 106 Tests for India
- Ashwin made his international debut in 2010
Post his retirement from cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin debunked the myth that he is a 'serious cricketer' and opened up on a narrative built around him and Virat Kohli. Ashwin bid adieu to international cricket after a legendary career that lasted more than 14 years and leaves the sport as India's second-highest wicket-taker across formats.
Ashwin claimed that as a bowler, people get a perception that he is someone who is not having fun on the field like Virat Kohli. Ashwin stated he is not someone who will score a century and point towards his wife. However, Ashwin claimed that he wrote his autobiography to give people an insight into the person he is.
"I wanted people to know me for who I am, because a lot of times, Ashwin's picking up a wicket and Virat Kohli is all over the place. He's just jumping about and people very often tend to believe that Ashwin's the one that's absolutely serious and Virat's the one that's having all the fun, which is why somebody asked me the question, why are you serious all the time? My answer to that in the first place is I'm never a serious person, but when somebody is clobbering me and I have the ball in my hand to win a Test Match for my country, my mind is sticking, because I'm in the process," said Ashwin on the SKY SPORTS CRICKET PODCAST in an interaction with Michael Atheron and Nasser Hussain.
"So very often, you don't see me picking up a five-wicket haul and pushing across a kiss through the blade of my bat to my better half sitting in the dressing room or sitting in the hospitality box. So I felt- like a lot of who I am got diluted in the fact of what I've become. So I wanted to bring that out in my book," Ashwin added.
Ashwin played 106 Tests for India and finished with 537 wickets. He is only the second Indian to take more than 500 wickets in Test cricket after Anil Kumble. Ashwin played a key part in India's 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy victories . He played 116 ODIs and took 156 wickets. In 65 T20Is for the Men in Blue, Ashwin dismissed 72 batters.
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