Indian bowler Ashoke Dinda on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The pacer, who represented India in 13 ODIs and nine T20Is, said he will forever be in debt of Sourav Ganguly for his support.
Picking 12 and 17 wickets respectively, Dinda in a press conference at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) said, “I am today retiring from all formats of cricket. I have sent the mails to BCCI and GCA to this effect”.
Dinda had a huge career for Bengal in domestic cricket. He was, however, dropped by the CAB in December 2019 during the Ranji Trophy after he had abused the Bengal cricket team’s bowling coach Ranadeb Bose. The pacer was even asked to apologize to Bose but Dinda refused to do so.
“Playing for India is everybody’s aim, I played for Bengal that’s why I got the chance to represent India. I thank the BCCI for giving me an opportunity to play for India. Senior players like Deep Das Gupta, Rohan Gavaskar guided me when I played for Bengal….