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.

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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.

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Fast bowler Mohit Sharma, who played 120 IPL, 26 ODI International and 8 T20 International matches, has surprised everyone by suddenly retiring. This 37 year old fast bowler last played for the country 10 years ago in 2015. Mohit Sharma, who took 134 wickets in IPL, took 31 wickets in ODI and six wickets in T20 International.

Mohit Sharma retired from all formats of cricket

Mohit Sharma announced his retirement on social media. He wrote in an Instagram post, “Today I announce my retirement from all formats of cricket. Be it playing for Haryana, or for the country or IPL, this journey has been no less than a blessing for me. Many thanks to the Haryana Cricket Association for being the backbone of my career. I also thank Anirudh sir wholeheartedly. What he did for me cannot be expressed in words.”

Mohit Sharma took 27 wickets in IPL 2023

Mohit Sharma made his debut for India in T20 International in 2014. He played ODI match for the country for the first time in 2013. Mohit also made his debut in IPL in 2013. Mohit last played international cricket in 2015. After this, he was out of Team India for 10 years.

IPL 2023 was very special for Mohit Sharma. After becoming a net bowler in his career which was almost over, Mohit Sharma took 27 wickets in IPL 2023. Everyone was surprised to see Mohit’s powerful bowling. This was Mohit’s best years between 2013 and 2025.

Mohit could not leave a mark in IPL 2025

Mohit Sharma could not do wonders in IPL 2025. Mohit Sharma was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore in the IPL 2025 auction, but Mohit could not perform as per expectations. He could take only two wickets in eight matches. For this reason, Delhi had released him before this time’s auction.

0The auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. All the teams have released their retention lists, franchises will bid for players to fill the remaining slots. All the teams have released some such players, who can get huge amount in the upcoming auction. But there are also 5 players whose IPL career can be considered over. It is difficult for any team to bet on him.

1- Faf du Plessis

Former South African captain Faf du Plessis is one of the few players who played in the IPL despite being above 40 years of age. He is now 41 years old, was playing for Delhi Capitals last season. Faf has also captained RCB.

Du Plessis started his IPL career in 2012 playing for Chennai Super Kings. He stayed in CSK till 2021, meanwhile he also played for Rising Pune Super Giants in 2016 and 2017. Now he is in the last phase of his career, he has been released by Delhi Capitals before the IPL 2026 auction. Considering his age, it can be assumed that hardly any team will bid on him.

Talking about Faf’s IPL career, he played a total of 154 matches for 4 teams, in which he scored 4773 runs at a strike rate of 135.78. He has scored 39 half-centuries in IPL.

2- Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey has been released by Kolkata Knight Riders. He became a part of this team in 2024, Pandey has been playing since the first edition of IPL. He has played for 7 teams so far, but looking at his condition in the last 2 seasons, it seems difficult for any team to bet on him.

Manish Pandey played only 3 matches in IPL 2025, in which he scored 92 runs. In 2024, he played only 1 match. In that he scored 42 runs. Manish has played 174 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 3942 runs. This includes 22 half-centuries and 1 century.

3- Karan Sharma

Mumbai Indians retained 17 players, included 3 through trade. MI released 8 players, in which the name of Karn Sharma is also included. Karna played only 6 matches in the last edition, while his team reached Qualifier-2. Now MI has released him, but he is finding it very difficult to get any other team in the auction.

Karn Sharma is 38 years old, he has been playing IPL since 2009. Karna, who debuted for RCB, has so far played for 4 teams, in which he has taken 83 wickets.

4- Mohit Sharma

Bowler Mohit Sharma’s name will also be in the IPL 2026 auction, but perhaps some team will bid on him. Mohit has been released by Delhi Capitals. Mohit Sharma, who has been playing IPL since 2013, has played a total of 120 matches for 4 teams (CSK, PBKS, GT and DC), in which he has 134 wickets in his name.

In the last edition, Mohit played 8 matches for Delhi, in which he took only 2 wickets but his economy was 10.28. In such a situation, it is difficult for them to get a new team in the IPL 2026 auction.

5- Moeen Ali

England cricketer Moeen Ali was in Kolkata Knight Riders last year, he was bought by KKR for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Although he could not do anything special, he got to play only 6 matches. He scored only 5 runs in 2 innings. He bowled in 5 matches, in which he took 6 wickets.

Moeen has been playing in IPL since 2018, he has played for a total of 3 teams (RCB, CSK and KKR). He played a total of 73 matches in IPL, in which he scored 1167 runs. He has also scored 6 half-centuries.

IPL 2026 of auction Now Some? The only months are far away and all Franchise Our Retention And Release List She is working on In such a situation, if the teams some experienced but recent season Flop These 5 Indian players proved Release If you decide to do it for them auction It can be extremely difficult to find a buyer, because the teams now more fit and Form I am looking towards the young players running.

If released thenFor these 5 players Auction It will be difficult to sell

1- Ajinkya Rahane, Kolkata Night Riders Done Ajinkya Rahane Was included in the team for Rs 1.5 crore. Also, the team also handed over the captaincy to them. 37 years old Rahane Okay with the bat ofDawn There was a performance. But as captain They Team Playoffs Could not take me KKR Points Table But Stayed at the 8th position.

2- Vijay Shankar- Chennai Super Kings To Vijay Auction Was included in Rs 1.2 crore. But his performance was disappointing. Vijay one Half -century Scored 118 runs in 6 matches thanks to this.

3- Mohit Sharma- IPL Delhi in 2025 Capitals Mohit played for about 37 years. Fascinated IPL 2025 performance was extremely poor. Mohit played 8 matches by an average of around 129 and 11 Economy Rate From just 2 Wicket For.

4- Ishant Sharma- Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma Gujarat Titans Were part of the team. 37 years old Ishant The performance was very bad. Ishant Just 4 in 7 matches Wicket For. Their average about 52 and Economy Rate Stayed around 11.

5- lamp Hooda, Chennai Super Kings Deepak involved Hooda The performance was absolutely disappointing. Deepak got a chance to play in 7 matches. Deepak scored only 31 runs during this period. During this time his average 6.20 and Strike Rate 75.61.

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