Reason behind Ravichandran Ashwin getting retired out revealed!

Rajasthan have been absolutely sensational in the Indian T20 league 2022 so far. They have won four out of their first three games, and are currently at the top of the points table. They beat Lucknow in an absolute thriller on Sunday.

However, one of the major talking points of the game was Ravichandran Ashwin getting retired out. It is to be noted that the bowling all-rounder became the first cricketer in the history of the league to be tactically retired out. Sanju Samson drew light on the same during the post-match presentation. He said that they were talking about it prior to this season.

"It's about being Rajasthan (on Ashwin's retired-out). We keep trying different things. Have been talking about it before the season. We thought that if some situation occurs, we can use it. Was a team decision," revealed Sanju Samson.

Rajasthan's director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara revealed that Ashwin himself wanted to sacrifice his wicket. He also said that his decision to send Rassie van der Dussen over Riyan Parag was wrong. Thus, he said that the decision for Ashwin to return back to the pavilion was a collective decision.

"It was the right time to do that. Ashwin himself was asking from the field as well and we had discussed just before that as to what we would do. As the coach I got one call wrong not sending Riyan Parag ahead of Rassie van der Dussen and holding Rassie back so we couldn't get the full benefit of Riyan, but how Ashwin handled that situation, walking in under pressure, he batted, supported the team and then finally sacrificed himself in terms of retiring himself out and then backed it up with a magnificent bowling effort. And of course Boult. Yuzi Chahal, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Sen all of these bowlers were outstanding under pressure with the dew," said Kumar Sangakkara, as quoted by Hindustan Times.

Ashwin scored a handy 28 from 23 balls. At the end of the second innings, Rajasthan scored 165-6. It proved to be enough as Lucknow fell short of their target by three runs. Yuzvendra Chahal won the player of the match award for his amazing four-fer.