Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday broke the hearts of fans by retiring from all the formats of cricket. 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 special identity in Test cricket, he was called a wall because like Dravid, he too could not get out of good bowlers quickly. Pujara is the 18th cricketer, who announced his retirement in 2025. Earlier, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli said goodbye to Test cricket and many cricketers retired from all three formats.

The cricketers who retired in 2025 include the names of Nicholas Puran and Heinrich Klassen. This name is surprising because he is still very young. West Indies batsman Puran is just 29 years old, while South African wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klassen said goodbye to international cricket at the age of 33.

Players who retired from all three formats of cricket in 2025

Apart from Puran and Klassen, this year India’s wicket -keeper batsman Reidhiman Saha, Varun Aaron, Piyush Chawla, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh, Shapur Jadaran of Afghanistan, Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka and Andre Rasel of West Indies accepted all the format of cricket.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test

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

These cricketers retired from ODI in 2025

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