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Amid the ongoing trade rumours in the Indian Premier League (IPL), retired Indian spinner and a legend, Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday, August 27 announced retirement from the prestigious cash-rich league. However, the retired spinner had put curtains on his international cricket career midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 in December 2025, his decision to retire from the IPL comes just months later.
Taking to social media, Ashwin, who was part of the five-time champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2025, finally decided to call off his time on IPL. With this, the legend retires having played 221 matches and scalping 187 wickets, featuring for five teams in the league.
R Ashwin retires from IPL amid ongoing trade rumours
In a post on X, Ashwin wrote, "Special day and hence a special beginning. They say every ending will have a new start, my time as an IPL cricketer comes to a close today, but my time as an explorer of the game around various leagues begins today.” “Would like to thank all the franchisees for all the wonderful memories and relationships over the years and most importantly the IPL and the BCCI for what they have given me until now. Look forward to enjoying and making the most of what’s ahead of me," he further added.
With this IPL career coming to a close, he retires as the fifth highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament behind Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla. It is to be noted that after being roped in by the Yellow Army in the IPL 2025 mega auction, Ashwin did not had a great season. He picked up only seven wickets and scored 33 runs in nine outings in IPL 2025.
