"WILL HAPPEN A LOT IN THE COMING DAYS" - RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN ON THE CONCEPT OF RETIRING OUT

Ravichandran Ashwin, India's leading spinner, is playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the current IPL series.

Ashwin, who was part of the Delhi Capitals squad last season, was released by the team ahead of the bid for the current IPL series.

In the ensuing auction, he was owned by the Rajasthan team. Rajasthan, who have played four matches so far, have won three of them and are at the top of the points table.

Failed by three runs ..

Meanwhile, one of the actions taken by Ashwin during their previous league match became the talk of the IPL. Rajasthan, who batted first in the match against Lucknow, scored 165 runs. Lucknow then went on to win by 3 runs.

Ashwin's decision?

During the match, Ashwin, who was batting, abruptly went out in retirement mode. The incident took place in such a way as to give youngster Ryan Barrack one last chance. If there is one player in IPL history who has retired out for the first time, it is Ashwin.

When Ashwin played for Punjab, Butler was out by Rajasthan via Mankad. There was a lot of controversy around Ashwin at that time. But, currently the Mankat system is officially out and featured in international tournaments and the IPL series. Similarly, Ashwin is hopeful that the retirement system will be more active in the days to come.

It will definitely change ..

Talking about it, he said, "T20, as a sport, is heading towards where football has reached. Just like how they’re using substitutions, I did something similar [retiring out]. Already we’re late, but I believe this will happen a lot in the coming days. I don’t think it will be a stigma like running someone out at the non-striker’s end.”