Ravichandran Ashwin May Get Road Named After Him In Chennai. Star Cricketer Lives There

Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from worldwide cricket in December, 2024, is more likely to have a highway named after him in Chennai. According to reviews, the Greater Chennai Corporation has determined to rename Ramakrishnapuram 1st Street in West Mambalam. The spinner, who will likely be taking part in for Chennai Super Kings within the IPL 2025, has a home in that avenue and lives there. According to a TOI report, the proposal for renaming was submitted by Carrom Ball Event and Marketing Company Private Limited, which is owned by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Meanwhile, Ashwin expressed his gratitude to former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni for bringing him again to the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) successful franchise once more and talked about how nicely the Captain Cool utilised him with new ball throughout his early days within the cash-rich league. 

Ashwin recalled that after taking part in two video games in IPL 2009 in South Africa, Dhoni, then CSK skipper, instructed him on Facebook that he will likely be utilised nicely within the coming season.

“I went in and bizarre, Dhoni got injured and I lost my form for 2-3 games too. When we both made our comebacks, I got my first initiation of bowling with the new ball against Mumbai Indians (MI) in front of Sachin Tendulkar. Dhoni gave me the new ball, shrugged his shoulders and left. He does not give you many words, but he asked me if I could get Kieron Pollard out (while defending 166 for CSK). As luck would have it, Pollard skied one in the air on one of my deliveries and Thilan Thushara, Murali Vijay have been concerned in one of the weird catches ever,” recalled Ashwin.

Ashwin acknowledged the position of luck in his cricketing profession and folks’s lives. He additionally revealed that he needed Dhoni to current him a memento throughout his one hundredth Test towards England at Dharamsala final 12 months, which he needed to be his final.