Sydney Thunder have landed the first-ever Indian men’s international cricketer to play in the Big Bash, signing megastar spinner Ravi Ashwin in a massive coup for the franchise and competition.

Ashwin, who announced his Test match retirement during a tour of Australia last summer, has signed a bumper deal to join former Australian antagonist David Warner at Thunder.

The offie will join the league in January and will be available for a finals campaign should the Sydney-based team qualify.

Very few Indian men’s players are released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to play franchise T20s outside of the country’s own lucrative Indian Premier League.

However, Ashwin, 39, announced he would be getting a taste of what the wider cricketing world has to offer now he has concluded hi

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