Indian cricketer R Ashwin has also retired from IPL. Announcing this, he shared a post, which wrote, “Today my IPL career is also ending.” Ashwin played a total of 221 matches in a 16 -year IPL career. He represented 5 teams in the Indian Premier League. Please tell that he has retired from international cricket in December 2024.

R Ashwin made his IPL debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2009. He then played for Rising Pune Supergiants, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and then Rajasthan Royals. He returned to the last season (IPL 2025) in Chennai Super Kings, after playing, he retired from cricket today.

R Ashwin retired from IPL

Announcing retirement from the IPL, Ashwin wrote on social media, “A special day and a special beginning. Every end has a new beginning, my time as an IPL cricketer is ending today, but my time as an explorer of sports in various leagues is starting today.”

Ashwin also thanked all his leagues in his post, for whom he played in the IPL. He wrote, “I would like to thank all the franchisees for the brilliant memories and relationships of so many years. And thank you very much for what I have given to BCCI and IPL so far. I am eager to enjoy and take full advantage of what is next.”

Special day and hence a special begining.

They say always 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…

– Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) August 27, 2025

R Ashwin IPL Record

Ashwin has played for 5 teams in IPL. His IPL journey started in 2009 with Chennai Super Kings. The first season he was able to play only 2 matches. In his last IPL season (2025), he played 9 matches for CSK, in which he had 7 wickets in his name. See how many wickets are there for his franchisees.

• For CSK (2009-15 and 2015)- 97 wickets in 106 matches
• For RPS (2016)- 10 wickets in 14 matches
• For PBKS (2018-19)- 25 wickets in 28 matches
• For DC (2020-22)- 20 wickets in 28 matches
• For RR (2022-24)- 35 wickets in 45 matches

Playing for a total of 5 teams, Ashwin took 187 wickets in 221 IPL matches. Talking about international cricket, he played 106 Tests, 116 ODIs and 65 T20 matches, in which he has 537, 156 and 72 wickets respectively.