Ashwin responded to his father’s claim with a social media post about X.
Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday. While there was some speculation about the timing of the decision, the veteran spinner’s father has now claimed that it could have been due to “humiliation”, sparking more rumours.
Ashwin’s father said in an interview with News 18: “(Retiring) is his (Ashwin’s) wish, I can’t interfere in that, but the way he gave it, there could be many reasons. Only Ashwin knows, maybe the humiliation.”
However, Ashwin responded to his father’s claim and did so in a quite funny way. Ashwin took to his social media account on X (formerly Twitter) and issued a clarification.
Ashwin asked that his father be “left alone” as he is not “media trained” and urged journalists not to take “dad’s statements” seriously.
Check out Ashwin’s post below.
Ashwin’s retirement announcement came as a surprise as it happened in the middle of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Australia. Ashwin also flew back home immediately.
Earlier reports claimed that no member of the Indian team, apart from coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma, was aware of the development.
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