Chennai, April 6 -- Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that he retired from the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of how "mentally disturbing" his homecoming to the Men in Yellow turned out to be, leaving him with "no emotional bandwidth" to play in the competition further.

Ashwin, a CSK stalwart who featured in the side from 2008-15 as one of its lead players and had a homecoming season last year and won two IPL titles with Men in Yellow, was speaking on his YouTube channel 'Ash ki Baat'. After announcing his retirement from international cricket in early 2025 amid a disappointing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he pulled down the curtains on his IPL career too in August last year.

Speaking on the channel, Ashwin said, "I r...