Ashwin's call: No chat with selectors but decision to bid adieu was on cards after NZ series
Rohit Sharma before his surprise international retirement, refusing to let anyone else write his script after 14 years of service to the game. It is understood that retirement was on his mind after the home series against New Zealand, which India shockingly lost 0-3. He had made it clear to the team management that if he was not guaranteed a place in the playing eleven during the Australia series, he would not even travel Down Under.
India played Washington Sundar ahead of Ashwin in Perth before the veteran returned for the pink ball Test, at Rohit's insistence.
Ravindra Jadeja played in the Brisbane Test and as Rohit stated after the drawn third Test in Gabba, nobody knew how the squad would shape up for the remaining two games in Melbourne and Sydney.
«There was no nudge from the selection committee. Ashwin is a legend in Indian cricket and he has the right to take his own call,» a senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
The next Test series is in England (June to August) where India might not take along more than two specialist spinners who are also batters. India's next home Test series is in October-November.
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