A few months after reaching 500 Test wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin surprised many by announcing his retirement from international cricket. But his greatness was duly recognised recently as he was conferred with the Padma Shri honour by the Govt. of India soon after his retirement. Watch R. Sridhar, India’s fielding coach for 7 years, talk about the man Ravi Shastri dubbed as the ‘Ash-tronaut’ on this episode of A Century of Stories: Cricket podcast presented by IDFC FIRST Bank.

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