Quinton de Kock International Cricket Comeback: South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has withdrawn his retirement from ODI and T20 International. De Kock played his last ODI match in the 2023 ODI World Cup, after which he retired. He played his last T20 International match in the 2024 T20 World Cup and like ODI, he also took retirement from T20 International. De Kock has once again started playing for South Africa in the white ball format. However, he has still not retired from the longest format of cricket.

Quinton de Kock has been included in South Africa’s T20 International and ODI squad. De Kock has so far scored 6770 runs in 155 ODI matches at an average of 45.74 and strike rate of 96.64. De Kock has been selected in the South African team for the ODI series against Pakistan. He has also been selected in the South African team for the T20 International series. He has scored 2584 runs in 92 T20 International matches.

Star players who came back from retirement to play international cricket again

1- Shaheed Afridi (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s explosive all-rounder Shahid Afridi is best known for his return from retirement. He said goodbye to international cricket several times and then came back to play. Afridi retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup, but returned in 2011. After this he made a comeback once again in 2016.

2- Ben Stokes (England)

England’s legendary all-rounder Ben Stokes had announced his retirement from ODI cricket in 2022, so that he could focus more on Test cricket, but he withdrew his decision of retirement in the 2023 ODI World Cup and returned to the team.

3- Mohammad Aamir (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir retired at the age of 28 in December 2020 due to some disputes with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). But three years later, he took back his retirement and returned to the team to play T20 World Cup 2024 for Pakistan.

Let us tell you that we have mentioned only star cricketers here, whereas the list of cricketers who have taken a U-turn from retirement is quite long. This includes the names of Ambati Rayudu, Tamim Iqbal, Brendan Taylor, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor.

In the year 2025, many Indian legendary cricketers have retired one by one. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have retired from the Test, Varun Aaron and Piyush Chawla have also retired. Recently, Cheteshwar Pujara has also said goodbye to his cricket career. Often, there will be a question in the minds of people whether players suddenly declare retirement, or there is a process to retire.

How do cricketers take retirement?

Whenever an Indian cricketer retires, he first has to inform the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Apart from this, the player also has to warn the team management and the head coach with his decision. On many occasions, cricketers directly contact the Chief Selector and say that they have made up their mind to retire. However, it is not necessary that the player has to give this information to the Chief Selector. But it is necessary to inform the board about this.

The cricketer’s decision to retire is completely personal. No coach, staff member or BCCI official can force the players to retire. Players can declare their retirement in many ways. Cheteshwar Pujara recently informed about retirement through social media. Prior to him, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also announced his retirement from the Test on social media.

Apart from this, players can also announce retirement in a press conference. Ravichandran Ashwin confirmed his retirement at the press conference during the Australian tour.

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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.