As R Ashwin shocked the cricket community with his surprise retirement, former India coach Ravi Shastri recalled MS Dhoni's unexpected Test retirement, which also took people by surprise.

Former India cricketer Ravi Shastri recalled the time with ex captain MS Dhoni retired from Test format in 2014. The major similarity between MS Dhoni and Ashwin's retirement was that both announced the decision mid-way through the Australia tour for Border Gavaskar Trophy series.

The ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia was interrupted when Ravichandran Ashwin unexpectedly confirmed his retirement from international cricket. Ashwin, who missed out on the third test after featuring in the previous one,