2025 Retirement Cricket Players: These 18 cricketers retired, know their names and why they said goodbye to cricket

2025 Retirement Cricket Players: Before Cheteshwar Pujara, 17 cricketers have announced retirement this year. These include Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who said goodbye to Test cricket this year.

Cheteshwar Pujara broke the hearts of fans by retiring from all formats of cricket on Sunday. He represented India in 103 Tests and 5 ODIs in his career. In the IPL, he played a total of 30 matches for KKR, RCB and Punjab Kings. Pujara made his mark in Test cricket, he was called the wall because like Dravid, even the best bowlers were not able to get him out quickly. Pujara is the 18th cricketer to announce his retirement in 2025. Earlier, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli said goodbye to Test cricket and many cricketers retired from all three formats.

The names of Nicholas Pooran and Heinrich Klaasen are also included among the cricketers who will retire in 2025. These names are surprising because their age is still very young. West Indies' dashing batsman Pooran is just 29 years old, while South Africa's wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen said goodbye to international cricket at the age of 33.

Players who will retire from all three formats of cricket in 2025

Apart from Puran and Klaasen, this year India's wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha, Varun Aaron, Piyush Chawla, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal, Afghanistan's Shapoor Zadran, Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne and West Indies' Andre Russell retired from all formats of cricket.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Tests

Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on 7 May, 5 days later on 12 May, Virat Kohli also retired from the longest format of cricket. Both played many memorable innings for India, both were also captains of the Test team. This year Sri Lanka's Angelo Matthews also retired from Test cricket.

These cricketers retired from ODI in 2025

Australia's Steve Smith announced his retirement from ODI cricket on 5 March 2025. Explosive batsmen like Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell from Australia also retired from ODI cricket this year. Apart from these, Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim also announced his retirement from ODI cricket in March this year. Just 8 months have passed in the year 2025 and many legendary cricketers have retired.

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