Can a player withdraw his decision after announcing his retirement? Know what the rules are

Cricket Retirement Rules: Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has retired from international cricket. At present, Ashwin played his last match in the third Test played against Australia. Here let us tell you that after the third test of Border Gavaskar Trophy, Ashwin had reached the press conference with Rohit Sharma. Where he announced his retirement from international cricket. With this his 15 year long cricket career came to an end.

Earlier it was believed that Ashwin would retire from cricket.

Ravichandran Ashwin was a part of the Indian team in T20 World Cup 2022. In which the Indian team played its first match against Pakistan. In that match, India needed 2 runs to win on the last ball, Ashwin was on strike and the ball was in the hands of Pakistani bowler Mohammad Nawaz. The ball thrown by Nawaz went outside the leg stump. Due to which the ball was considered wide. And on the very next ball, Ashwin gave victory to India.

In this match, if the wide ball had turned and hit Ashwin’s pad, the Indian team would have had to face defeat. Regarding that match, Ashwin said, ‘If India had lost this match, I would have retired from cricket. If Nawaz’s ball had spun and hit my pad, I would have come to the dressing room, opened my Twitter and tweeted, thank you very much, my cricket career was wonderful.

Can Ashwin take back his retirement?

Now the question here is that if a player announces his retirement, can he take it back? According to the information, any player can withdraw his decision after retirement. Earlier, before the first Test against Bangladesh, captain Rohit Sharma had said, ‘Retirement from world cricket has become a joke these days. People announce retirement, but then come back to play. However, this has not happened in India. I see players from other countries announcing their retirement and then they take a U-turn.

Ashwin’s cricket career

Ashwin has surprised everyone by retiring in the middle of the ongoing Test series against Australia. He played his last match against Australia as a day night test. Ashwin played 287 matches in international cricket. And in which he took 765 wickets.