18 Cricketers Announced Retirement: 18 players retired in 8 months, some three forms, some three forms, then someone said goodbye to ODI-Test

New Delhi. Cheteshwar Pujara broke the hearts of his fans by retiring from all three formats of cricket. Pujara was called the wall of the Indian Test team. He won Team India with his brilliant batting several times. The right -handed batsman ate many balls across his body abroad, he suffered many injuries, yet he stood with a peg at one end. Pujara coming from Saurashtra is the 18th cricketer to retire from cricket this year. Earlier, 17 cricketers have said goodbye to some format of cricket in the last 8 months. In the year 2025, cricket fans were shocked several times when their heroes left the game.

Nicholas Poran and Heinrich Klassen’s name was surprising among the players who retired from international cricket in 2025, who said goodbye to international cricket at a very young age. Puran won several matches for the West Indies, while Klassen South Africa’s limited over match winner was wicketkeeper batsman. New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal, India’s fast bowler Varun Aaron, Shapur Jadaran of Afghanistan, wicketkeeper Writer of India, Western Saha, Sri Lankan’s sprinkle Piyush Chawla and Andre Russell of West Indies are among those players who announced retirement from all three formats of cricket this year.

Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli said bye to Test bye

Many players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli said goodbye to Test cricket this year. The Indian team went to play a 5 -Test series on a tour of England without these two where Team India succeeded in drawing the series. Sri Lankan’s Angelo Mathews are also among those who left the Test this year.

From Stoinus to Smith… said goodbye to ODI this year
Australian all -rounder Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith and Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement from ODI International cricket this year. There is still four months left for this year to pass. During this time, many more players can leave cricket. The players who have decided to retire, will not be easy to fill their place in the coming time.