2025 does not appear to be a normal year, because it has been announcing retirement one by one. The newest name in the list of retiring players is Mitchell Starc, who has said goodbye to T20 cricket on 2 September. So far this year, a total of 19 players have retired in 2025. There are 11 cricketers who have said goodbye to the entire international career, while there are 8 players who have retired from different formats.
19 cricketers retired
In the year 2025, there are 11 players who have said goodbye to all formats of international cricket. These players are named Martin Guptill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Riddhiman Saha, Varun Aaron, Tamim Iqbal, Shapur Jadaran, Dimuth Karunaratne, Mahmudullah, Nicholas Puran, Asif Ali and Heinrich Klassen.
This year, three cricketers who retired from ODI format are from Australia. Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell have retired from ODI cricket, besides Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has also said goodbye to 50-over format.
The names of cricketers who said goodbye to Test cricket are Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Angelo Mathews. At the same time, Mitchell Starc is the only cricketer to retire from T20 cricket this year.
Cricketers who retired in 2025: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Varun Aaron, Wriddhiman Saha, Cheteshwar Pujra, Martin Guptill, Tamim Iqbal, Shapur Jadaran, Dimuth Karunaratne, Mahmudullah, Nicolas Puran, Asif Ali, Heinrich Klassen, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Grinkswell Maxwell, Michele Stark, Michficur
5 players of India retired
In the year 2025, a total of five cricketers of India have retired. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have said goodbye to the Test format. At the same time, Cheteshwar Pujara, Riddhiman Saha and Varun Aaron have said goodbye to the entire international career.
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