Ravi Ashwin Retires

India's star spin bowler R.Ashwin retired from international cricket on Dec 19 at the conclusion of the 3rd Test in Brisbane.

In this episode the full crew of ‘All Out 4 No Loss’ get together and discuss the life and times of R Ashwin as an Indian cricketer. Ashwin is a statistician’s delight and this helps us dig into some of the numbers such as his overseas performances, specific scores and the impact on a game, and inevitable comparisons to peers and yesteryear gates. This didn’t restrict us from getting sentimental over some of his knocks and spells as only die hard fans can. 

Ashwin had an illustrious career spanning over 14 years starting with appearances in the white ball format before making his debut in tests in 2011. 

Had a magnificent career particularly in tests finishing as the second highest wicket taker for India and the 7th highest overall at the time of his retirement. To boot was a very capable batter finishing with 6 test centuries to his name. The only one among the top 10 test wicket takers in the game to have more than one test hundred. Was the ICC International Cricketer of the Year in 2016.

Also was a critical part of the national white ball teams for a long time,  was part of the 2011 World Cup winning team, the 2013 Champions Trophy winning team and was a big part of the team's run to the final of the 2014 T20 World Cup.

A career littered with many special moments like to name a few: 

• Bowling the last over in the Champions Trophy
• That leave and then the shot in the titanic T20 WC game against Pakistan
• That carrom ball that spun across the wicket to bowl Amla in the 2014 T20 WC semi-final
• The batting heroics in Sydney, Mirpur, and Chennai

and many more from all over the world. 

Career Stats

Bowling

• Tests- played:106  wickets:537 average:24.00 5-fers:37 10wpm:8 StrikeRate:50.7
• ODIs- played:116  wickets:156 average:33.20 EconRate:4.93 StrikeRate:40.4
• T20Is- played:65   wickets:72  average:23.22 EconRate:6.90 StrikeRate:20.1

Batting

• Tests- played:106 runs:3503 average:25.75 100s:6 50s:14
• ODIs- played:116 runs:707 average:16.44 StrikeRate:86.96 
• T20Is- played:65 runs:184 average:26.28 StrikeRate:114.99

Hosts

• Vasant Kumar
• Ramakrishnan G Iyer
• Anand Kumar Sankaran
• Vijaykumar Balasubramanian