India's star spin bowler R.Ashwin retired from international cricket on Dec 19 at the conclusion of the 3rd Test in Brisbane.

In this episode the full crew of ‘All Out 4 No Loss’ get together and discuss the life and times of R Ashwin as an Indian cricketer. Ashwin is a statistician’s delight and this helps us dig into some of the numbers such as his overseas performances, specific scores and the impact on a game, and inevitable comparisons to peers and yesteryear gates. This didn’t restrict us from getting sentimental over some of his knocks and spells as only die hard fans can.

Ashwin had an illustrious career spanning over 14 years starting with appearances in the white ball format before making his debut in tests in 2011.

Had a magnificent career particularly in tests finishing as the second highest wicket taker for India and the 7th highest overall at the time of his retirement. To boot was a very capable batter finishing with 6 test centuries to his name. The only one among the top 10 test wicket takers in the game to have more than one test hundred. Was the ICC International Cricketer of the Year in 2016.

Also was a critical part of the national white ball teams for a long time, was part of the 2011 World Cup winning team, the 2013 Champions Trophy winning team and was a big part of the team's run to the final of the 2014 T20 World Cup.

A career littered with many special moments like to name a few:

• Bowling the last over in the Champions Trophy
• That leave and then the shot in the titanic T20 WC game against Pakistan
• That carrom ball that spun across the wicket to bowl Amla in the 2014 T20 WC semi-final
• The batting heroics in Sydney, Mirpur, and Chennai

and many more from all over the world.

Bowling

• Tests- played:106 wickets:537 average:24.00 5-fers:37 10wpm:8 StrikeRate:50.7
• ODIs- played:116 wickets:156 average:33.20 EconRate:4.93 StrikeRate:40.4
• T20Is- played:65 wickets:72 average:23.22 EconRate:6.90 StrikeRate:20.1

Batting

• Tests- played:106 runs:3503 average:25.75 100s:6 50s:14
• ODIs- played:116 runs:707 average:16.44 StrikeRate:86.96
• T20Is- played:65 runs:184 average:26.28 StrikeRate:114.99

• Vasant Kumar
• Ramakrishnan G Iyer
• Anand Kumar Sankaran
• Vijaykumar Balasubramanian

The halfway point of BGT 2024-2025 has been crossed and the two teams are still locked at one game apiece with 2 matches to go. This was thanks to a damp quib of a test wherein the weather impacted every single day of play leading to a draw. So, it is still is all to play for - the Border Gavaskar Trophy and a place in the finals of the World Test Championships.

• Has the Australian batting found their bearings or is the brilliance of Head papering over some serious batting issues ?
• Have we found a worthy third seamer in the form of Akash Deep ?
• Will that glorious last wicket stand to stave off the follow-on spark Team India to greater deeds ?

The series is at a knife's edge with both the remaining tests now being live in terms of the series stakes. And now on to two of the most iconic stadiums in the world.

This episode of "All Out for No Loss" is out! What happened in the Gabba and who came out smelling like roses and who struggled ?

#INDvsAUS #BGTSeries #CricketTalk #WTC25 #AllOutForNoLoss #BCCI #Bumrah #TravisHead #PatCummins #SteveSmith #Gabba

Hosts:

Vasant Kumar

Ramakrishnan G Iyer

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Vijaykumar Balasubramanian

The Australians came roaring back to even the 2024-2025 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with an emphatic win in the pink ball test at the Adelaide Oval.

• Can Team India rebound from the drubbing in the day-nighter in Adelaide ?
• Will the return to Gabba bring back the memories and spirit of 2021 ?
• Will the Aussies try to press home their current momentum.

The series is set up beautifully and the all systems are go for the pivotal 3rd test.

The new episode of of "All Out for No Loss" is out! Dive deep into India's struggles in the second test and delve into the upcoming "Return to Gabba" test in Adelaide. Hopefully the test will be more competitive in comparison to the first two.

#INDvsAUS #BGTSeries #CricketTalk #WTC25 #AllOutForNoLoss #BCCI #Bumrah #Kohli #Jaiswal #OptusTest

Hosts:

Vasant Kumar

Ramakrishnan G Iyer

Anand Kumar Sankaran

Vijaykumar Balasubramanian