8 months and 18 players … In 2025, a mountain of broken sorrows on fans, see full list of cricketers who took retirement including Indian
18 International Players Retirement in 2025: The year of 2025 has been very poor for international cricket so far. Cheteshwar Pujara, the star batsman of Team India, known as the wall of cricket just a day before (on 24 August), announced his retirement from all the formats of Indian cricket. Pujara was the 18th cricketer to retire this year (2025) till now.
The current year, ie 2025, has not been completed even 8 months so far that a total of 18 players have said goodbye to some format of international cricket. The list also includes Team India veteran Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Both veterans decided to say goodbye to Test cricket in the month of May.
International players who retired so far this year
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)- Kiwi batsman Guptill announced his retirement from all formats.
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)- Tamim Iqbal also decided to retire from all the formats of cricket.
Varun Aaron (India)- Team India fast bowler Varun Aaron said goodbye to all the formats of cricket.
Shapur Jadaran (Afghanistan)- Afghan fast bowler Shapur Jadaran retired from all formats.
Wriddhiman Saha (India)- Team India’s wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha said goodbye to all the formats of cricket.
Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)- Sri Lankan batsman Dimuth Karunaratne has said goodbye to all the formats of cricket.
Marcus Stoinis (Australia)- Kangaroo team star batsman Marcus Stoinis said goodbye to ODI cricket.
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)- Star Bangladeshi batsman Mushfiqur Rahim also retired from ODI cricket.
Rohit Sharma (India)- Team India’s star batsman Rohit Sharma said goodbye to Test cricket this year.
Virat Kohli (India)- Team India veteran batsman Virat Kohli also announced his retirement from Test cricket this year.
Heinrich Klassen (South Africa)- Henrich Klassen, who was famous for batting, retired from all formats.
Piyush Chawla (India)- Indian spinner Piyush Chawla retired from all formats.
Nicholas Puran (West Indies)- West Indies young wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Puran said goodbye to all formats.
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)- Sri Lankan all -rounder Angelo Mathews retired from all formats.
Steve Smith (Australia)- Steve Smith, one of Australia’s legendary batsmen, said goodbye to the ODI format.
Glenn Maxwell (Australia)- Australian all -rounder Glenn Maxwell also retired from ODI format.
Andre Russell (West Indies)- West Indies star all -rounder Andre Russell retired from all formats.
Cheteshwar Pujara (India)- Cheteshwar Pujara, who is called the wall of India, also retired from all the formats.
6 Indians included in the list
Let us know that this year, 6 Indians were included in the 18 international players who have retired, 4 retired from all formats and the rest 2 said goodbye to ODI cricket.
