Ashwin Retires From Ipl To Play In Overseas Leagues

Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has retired from nan Indian Premier League (IPL) and plans to play successful different franchise leagues crossed nan world.

Ashwin, 38, played for 5 franchises including nan Chennai Super Kings - wherever he won nan title doubly successful 2010 and 2011 - and is 5th connected nan all-time wicket-taker database pinch 187.

The Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) does not let immoderate subordinate successful Indian world aliases home cricket to characteristic successful overseas leagues.

"They opportunity each ending will person a caller start," Ashwin posted connected societal media.

"My clip arsenic an IPL cricketer comes to a adjacent coming but my clip arsenic an explorer of nan crippled astir various leagues originates today."

Ashwin retired from world cricket successful December arsenic nan seventh-highest wicket-taker successful Test history.

He took 537 wickets astatine an mean of 24 successful 106 Tests - 2nd only to Anil Kumble's 619 among India bowlers.

He besides took 156 wickets astatine 33.20 apiece successful 116 one-day internationals and 72 astatine an mean of 23.22 successful 65 T20s.