By Admin 
The year 2025 is still going very bad for cricket lovers. Only 8 months have passed and 19 veteran players have shocked the fans by retiring. Indian veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara recently retired. Earlier, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from Test cricket. Apart from this, big players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Puran and Andre Russell are included in this list.
In just 8 months, 19 veteran players retired
1- Rohit Sharma- Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has said goodbye to Test cricket this year.
2- Virat Kohli- Indian veteran batsman Virat Kohli has also said goodbye to Test cricket this year.
3- Angelo Mathews- Sri Lankan legendary batsman Angelo Mathews has also retired from Test cricket this year.
4- Steve Smith- Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith has retired from ODI cricket.
5- Glenn Maxwell- Australia’s finest all -rounder Glenn Maxwell has also said goodbye to ODI cricket.
6- Marcus Stoinis- Australian all -rounder Marcus Stoinis also retired from ODI cricket.
7- Martin Guptill- New Zealand veteran opener Martin Guptill has retired from all the formats of cricket this year.
8- Heinrich Klassen- South African wicketkeeper batsman Henrik Klassen has also retired from all formats of cricket.
9- Nicholas Puran- West Indies wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Puran has also said goodbye to all the formats of cricket.
10- Andre Russell- West Indies veteran all -rounder Andre Russell has also retired from all formats of cricket.
11- Tamim Iqbal- Bangladesh veteran batsman Tamim Iqbal has also retired from all formats of cricket.
12- Mushfiqur Rahim- Bangladesh veteran wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has retired from ODI cricket.
13- Shapur Jadaran- Afghanistan player Shapur Jadaran has retired from all formats of cricket.
14- Dimuth Karunaratne- Sri Lankan veteran batsman Dimuth Karunaratne has retired from all formats of cricket.
15- Piyush Chawla- Indian star spinner Piyush Chawla has also retired from all formats of cricket.
16- Varun Aaron- Indian fast bowler Varun Aaron has also retired from all formats of cricket.
17 – Riddhiman Saha- Indian wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has retired from all formats of cricket.
18- Cheteshwar Pujara- Indian veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has recently retired from all formats of cricket.
19- Rishi Dhawan- Indian all -rounder Rishi Dhawan has retired from ODI and T20 cricket.
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