Five Players Now Impossible To Return To Team India: The Indian team has gone to Australia tour, where Team India will play 3-match ODI and 5-match T20 International series. On October 19, the Indian team played the first ODI match, in which Team India had to face defeat by 7 wickets (DLS Method). Team India’s second ODI match will be played on 23 October at Adelaide Oval. After the Australia tour, the Indian team has to face South Africa at home, where all eyes will be on the team selection. Five star players were not selected in the team for the Australia tour, after which the return of these five players to Team India now seems impossible.

Return of these 5 players in the Indian team is now impossible

1- Ajinkya Rahane

India’s top-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane has so far scored 5077 runs in 85 Test matches, 2962 runs in 90 ODI matches and 375 runs in 20 T20 International matches in his career. Rahane played his last match for Team India in the Test match against West Indies on 20-24 July 2023.

2- Mohammed Shami

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami has so far taken 229 wickets in 64 Test matches, 206 wickets in 108 ODI matches and 27 wickets in 25 T20 International matches in his career. Whereas Shami played his last match for Team India on 9 March 2025 in the ODI match against New Zealand.

3- Prithvi Shaw

India’s opening batsman Prithvi Shaw has so far scored 339 runs in 5 Test matches, 189 runs in 6 ODI matches and 0 runs in only 1 T20 International match in his career. Prithvi played his last match for Team India on 25 July 2021 in the T20 International match against Sri Lanka.

4- Vijay Shankar

India’s all-rounder Vijay Shankar has so far scored 223 runs in 12 ODI matches and 101 runs in 9 T20 Internationals in his career. Vijay played his last match for Team India on 27 June 2019 in the ODI against West Indies.

5- Venkatesh Iyer

India’s left-handed batsman Venkatesh Iyer has so far scored 24 runs in 2 ODI matches and 133 runs in 9 T20 International matches in his career. Venkatesh played his last match for Team India on 27 February 2022 in the T20 International against Sri Lanka.

Indian Legends Retirement This year: Many players of Indian cricket world are announcing retirement one after the other. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took retirement from Test cricket this year. At the same time, Cheteshwar Pujara said goodbye to all the formats of cricket. Pujara played the last Test match for India in June 2023 against Australia, but now that Pujara did not see any scope for a return to the team, on August 24, the legendary player took retirement. Apart from Pujara, there are many more players in Team India who have been running out of the Indian squad for a long time.

1- Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma has been running out of India’s T20, ODI and Tests for a long time. Ishant played the last T20 match for Team India in October 2013. Ishant was seen in the ODI team for the last time in January 2016 and this player played the last Test match for India in November 2021. Despite Ishant being out of the team for a long time, this player has not announced his retirement from international cricket.

2- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Bhuvneshwar Kumar)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been out of Team India for almost three years. Bhubaneswar was last seen in a T20 match against New Zealand in November 2022 at the Indian squad. This player played the last ODI match for India in January 2022. Bhubaneswar is out of January 2018 from India’s Test team. Like Ishant Sharma, it seems difficult for this player to return to the team, but so far Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not made any announcement about retirement.

3- Mohammed Shami (Mohammed Shami)

Mohammed Shami is running out of June 2023 from India’s Test team. Shami did not get a chance in the five -match Test series against England. In such a situation, this player can also retire from Test cricket. Mohammed Shami played the last T20 match for India in February this year, but Shami was not taken in the Asia Cup T20 squad. Shami was part of India’s ODI team in March, it will have to be seen whether this player is taken in the series against Australia or not.

4- Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane has also been out of Team India for a long time. Rahane played the last Test match for India in July 2023. At the same time, Rahane was last seen in February 2018 and T20 in August 2016. Now there is no hope of Rahane’s return to the team. In such a situation, it can be speculated that Rahane will also retire from international cricket without return.

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Cheteshwar Pujara is the fifth Indian cricketer to retire in 2025. Before them, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have retired from the Test, on the other hand Varun Aaron and Wriddhiman Saha have retired from all formats of cricket. It seems as if this process of retirement is not going to stop here, because many other Indian cricketers are also standing on the threshold of retirement. So know about those Indian cricketers who can retire very soon.

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane represented Team India in 195 international matches, which has 8414 runs in his name. More than two years have passed since he played the last match for India. He has not played any white ball match for Team India after 2018. Looking at the youth Test team getting ready, they are also expected to return to the red-ball format. They can also announce retirement very soon.

Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra has retired from the Indian Premier League, but till now he has not said goodbye to international cricket. He took 156 wickets in his international career and after 2017 he has not returned to the Indian team. New options of leg spin have been constantly coming, while Amit Mishra’s age has also been 42. Therefore, it seems that their retirement is not far away.

Karun Nair

Karun Nair had a chance to show some miracles after 8 years, but on the England tour, he was able to score only 205 runs in 8 innings. After 2017, he returned to the Indian team in 2025. He was tried on number-3 as well as fifth order, but his bat could not do anything special. Now hardly he could get a chance in playing XI.

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