He was one of the game's brightest students and an exceptional professor of spin bowling. Ashwin's decision to hang up his boots came as a bolt from the blue. Minutes after the conclusion of the ...

R Ashwin signed off as an Indian ... among the bowlers with 200-plus wickets at home. Ashwin's success in Tests wasn't limited to his bowling; he also made valuable contributions with the bat.

Ravichandran Ashwin's decision to retire on Wednesday came as a shock to the cricket world; but it was possibly his exclusion and India's switch from one spinner to another in the first three ...