R Ashwin retirement, LIVE updates: ‘My last day as international cricketer,’ says R. Ashwin in final press conference; Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik wish farewell to off spinner

This will be my last year as an Indian cricketer at the international level. There’s a bit left in me as a cricketer, but I would like to exploit it at the domestic and club-level cricket, but this would be the last day as an international level. I have had a lot of fun, a lot of memories alongside Rohit and several of my other teammates. We’ve lost some of them over the last few years, we’ve been the last bunch of OGs, I can say that are left in the dressing room. I have several people to thank, but I would be failing in my duties if I didn’t thank the BCCI and my teammates. I want to name a few of them, all the coaches who’ve been part of the journey, most importantly Rohit, Virat, Ajinkya, Pujara, who have taken a number of catches around the bat and have given men a number of wickets that I’ve managed over a number of years. Also want to thank the Australian team who’ve been fierce competitors over a number of years, I’ve enjoyed my team playing against them. It’s already getting long, I wouldn’t be taking any questions, truly emotional moments and I’m not in a position to answer any questions in the right manner. Once again, thanks for being the journalists you’ve been, for writing good things, and some nasty things at times. It’s a relationship I think we’ll maintain forever and I hope you give the other cricketers the same amount of love that you showered upon me. I’ve stopped as a cricketer, but I’ll go on and be involved with the game, it’s a game which has given me a lot.