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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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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It seems like 2025 is the year of retirement. By August, big legendary players have said goodbye to cricket and now the newest name is associated with Cheteshwar Pujara Retirement. Pujara was able to play only 5 matches in his ODI career, but scored a total of 7,195 runs in 103 Test matches. Prior to him, in 2025, many famous players including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired.

Cricketer who retired in 2025

Rohit Sharma- The Test series against England was getting closer, IPL 2025 had passed half. The date of May 7 came when Rohit Sharma shocked everyone by announcing Test retirement. Rohit retired from T20 in 2024 itself. They will still play in ODI.

Virat Kohli- It was only 5 days of Rohit retired, then on May 12, Virat Kohli also announced his retirement and made it clear that he will never play for India in white jersey. Virat also said goodbye to the T20 format in 2024. They too will now be seen playing only ODI matches.

Varun Aaron- Fast bowler Varun Aaron played only 9 Tests and 9 ODIs for India. He was known for throwing the ball at a speed of his 150 km per hour. He announced his retirement in January 2025.

Wriddhiman Saha- Wicketkeeper batsman Riddhiman Saha played a total of 49 international matches for India. He retired from all formats of cricket on 1 February. Saha has 142 first-class matches experience.

Cheteshwar Pujara- Cheteshwar Pujara has said goodbye to cricket at the age of 37. He played only 5 ODI matches for India, but emerged as a Test legend. He scored 7195 runs for Team India at an average of 43.60 in 103 Tests, including 19 centuries.

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