R Ashwin announces retirement from Indian Premier League

Retired India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin called time on his Indian Premier League career on Wednesday, August 27. Ashwin took to his social media account to announce the decision. The legendary spinner played 221 matches in the competition and picked up 187 wickets.

Ashwin's has played for five teams in the Indian Premier League, and even captained the Punjab side in the tournament. Ashwin has played for Chennnai Super Kings, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals and Rising Pune Supergiant.

Ashwin retires as the fifth highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament, behind Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla. He has also scored 833 runs including one half century for Rajasthan Royals.

R Ashwin's IPL 2025 Season

The spinner played his final season for his home team CSK. He picked up 7 wickets and scored 33 runs in his 9 outings in the tournament. Ashwin was involved in other controversies amidst CSK's struggles in 2025. Last season, Ashwin was criticised due to his YouTube channel, which had criticised Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad, his CSK teammate. One of the channel's analysts, Prasanna Agoram, had argued that Noor Ahmad was not needed in the line-up.

Prasanna had argued that due to the presence of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the line-up, CSK could use an extra batter in place of the Afghanistan leg spinner. The comment did not sit well with many as fans argued against the axing of the purple cap holder in the tournament.

There was severe backlash over the comment made by the former South African analyst Prasanna, who is also known to be close to Ashwin. Later, the admin of the channel issued a statememnt that Prasanna's views on any matter on the channel are his own and do not reflect Ashwin's views in any manner.

"Given the nature of the discussions on this forum over the last week, we want to be mindful of how things can be interpreted and have chosen to step away from covering CSK games, both previews and reviews, for the rest of this season," read a note from the admin of Ashwin's channel.