In the year 2025, many big cricketers retired from their international careers, this includes 5 big players of India. Nicholas Pooran surprised everyone by retiring at the age of just 29. See the list of 11 such star players, who retired from international cricket this year.

tamim iqbal

Bangladesh’s opening batsman Tamim Iqbal retired from international cricket in January 2025. Let us tell you that this was the second time that he retired, before this he had also retired in 2023. Then, on the request of the then Prime Minister, he withdrew his retirement. Tamim has played 70 Tests, 243 ODIs and 78 T20 International matches.

martin guptill

New Zealand player Martin Guptill said goodbye to international cricket in the beginning of 2025. Guptill retired at the age of 38. In his career spanning 14 years, Guptill played 47 Tests, 198 ODIs and 122 T20 matches.

Dimuth Karunaratne

Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne retired from international cricket in February this year. Karunaratne played 100 Test and 50 ODI matches in his career. In this he scored 7222 and 1316 runs respectively.

Piyush Chawla

Indian leg spinner Piyush Chawla retired from international cricket in June this year. He played 3 Tests, 25 ODIs and 7 T20 International matches for India.

Cheteshwar Pujara

Indian Test team’s great batsman Cheteshwar Pujara also said goodbye to international cricket this year. In his career spanning about 15 years, Pujara played 103 Tests and 5 ODI matches for India. Pujara scored 7.195 runs in the test.

Riddhiman Saha

Wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha also retired from international cricket in the year 2025. Saha made his international debut in 2010. He played his last international match in 2021, which was a Test. Saha played 40 Test and 9 ODI matches for India. Saha has 1353 runs in his name in Test.

heinrich classen

South Africa’s explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen announced his retirement from international cricket this year to give priority to the T20 league. He played 4 Tests, 60 ODIs and 58 T20 International matches in his career.

Chris Woakes

England all-rounder Chris Woakes retired in September this year. His international career lasted for 15 years. Woakes played 62 Tests, 122 ODIs and 33 T20 matches in his career.

nicholas puran

West Indies wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Pooran surprised everyone by retiring from international cricket at the age of just 29. Puran took this decision to give priority to league cricket. Puran played 61 ODI and 106 T20 International matches in his career.

Amit Mishra

Leg spinner Amit Mishra also announced his retirement from international cricket in the year 2025. He retired in September 2025. In his career, Amit Mishra played 76 Tests, 64 ODIs and 16 T20 matches. He took a total of 156 wickets in all three formats.

Mohit Sharma

Mohit Sharma announced his retirement from international cricket a few days ago. Mohit played 26 ODI and 8 T20 International matches for India in his career, in which he took 31 and 6 wickets respectively.

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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