Ashwin has been a starwalt spinner in his playing career though it for Team India or for IPL he has given his best of his efforts in every playing game, and been considered as more tactical and calculative personalities of the game. Ashwin started his career with IPL in its beginning stages itself who was picked by Chennai Super Kings for his base price of 20 Lakhs. He was integral part of the team till 2015 and was released by them after that. 

Though Ashwin had no regrets about releasing him it gave him broader aspects of the game and even various teams willingly bought him at a good price and though he captained a few sides and gained various aspirations of the game. Though he was part of the Indian team side too. That's the type of calibre he possesses around him. 

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Ashwin Best Of His Times

Ashwin had great credibility in ODI and Test Matches for India for so long, but after the 2019 World Cup his presence in ODI became minimal and in the test, he was go go-through man for team India. Ashwin played 106 test matches for India, but his original plan was to retire in the 100th test which was against England in Dharmshala but he decided to take on for fewer more matches. In a recent event launched by the CSK panel, Ashwin disclosed he invited Ms Dhoni to be present but he wasn't able to make it over. 

It has always been a desire of the player to be facilitated against his favourite person and whoever could be a better person than Ms Dhoni who has been the Starwalt of the game conquering ICC's main trophies and a huge role in the development of IPL and its niche. Dhoni was the first ever captain to win the ICC T20 World Cup from where his legacy started as captain and endured many of them. 

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Dhoni Gave A Better Suprise Than He Thought

AAshwin's wish was for Dhoni to be in his 100th match against England which hasn't been fulfilled. Then BCCI initiated a special event for his valuable milestone where he was handed a memento for that, he wished that he should get the memento with the hands of Ms Dhoni but these two wishes remained unfulfilled which decimated him. 

"I called Dhoni for my 100th Test. I invited him to hand over the memento in Dharamshala. I wanted to make that my last Test, but he couldn’t make it. What I didn’t expect was that he would give me an even better gift — bringing me back to CSK.” - Ash Anna 💛 pic.twitter.com/25f8q7mkMY

— 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑨 (@Vidyadhar_R) March 16, 2025

But I got a bigger surprise than I wished for which happened at the auction table where Chennai Super Kings went all out for their local boy. He thanked Ms Dhoni for the biggest gift and stated life has come full circle for him he started his career as a young man and ended from where it all started for him.