By Ravi - Feb 06, 2025 05:07 PM
In the year 2024, Indian legends like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will bid adieu to T20I after leading the country to victory in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. At the end of the year, Indian player Ravi Ashwin bid adieu to international cricket. David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have retired from all forms of international cricket. James Anderson, Shakib Al Hasan and Tim Southee are among the greats who will bid adieu to international cricket in 2024. In 2024, the Pakistani duo of Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim will take international retirement for the second time in their careers. Wriddhiman Saha and Matthew Wade are the wicketkeepers who decided to retire from top-level cricket.
International cricketers will officially retire from their careers at the start of 2025. Let's take a look at the list of all international cricketers who will retire in the year 2025.
Rishi Dhawan was the first cricketer to officially retire from Indian limited-overs cricket in the year 2025. Dhawan, 34, played three ODIs and one T20I for India in 2016, taking only two wickets. The Himachal Pradesh cricketer played 134 List-A and 135 T20 matches from 2007 to January 2025. Rishi won the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time while captaining Himachal in 2021-22. He played 39 matches for two teams - Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings - in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2013 to 2024. In the IPL, Dhawan took 25 wickets and scored 210 runs. He was part of the MI team that won the IPL 2013.
Former New Zealand opener Martin Guptill officially announced his retirement from international cricket on 8 January 2025. Guptill made his debut for New Zealand in 2009 and will play his last international match in October 2022. Guptill has played 198 ODIs, 122 T20s and 47 Tests. He is New Zealand's highest T20 scorer with 3531 runs and third-highest ODI scorer with 7346 runs. He scored 23 international centuries. Guptill holds the record for New Zealand's only male ODI double century, scoring 237* against West Indies in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup.
Fast bowler Varun Aaron will retire from representative cricket on January 10, 2025. Aaron, 35, played nine ODIs and nine Tests for India between 2011 and 2015 and took 29 wickets at an average of 47.10. Injuries affected Aaron's career significantly. Around 2011, he was the fastest bowler in the country, bowling at speeds in excess of 150 kilometres per hour. He made his domestic debut in 2008. Aaron played 66 first-class (FC) matches, 88 List-A games and 95 T20 matches and took over 400 wickets. Aaron played nine IPL seasons from 2011 to 2022 for Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. He won the IPL 2022 title with Gujarat Titans.
Former Bangladesh captain and opening batsman Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket on 10 January 2025. His last international match was in September 2023. Since making his international debut in 2007, he has played 70 Tests, 243 ODIs and 78 T20Is and was one of the pillars of the Bangladesh team in the 2010s. He scored a total of 15249 runs in international cricket, the second-most by a Bangladeshi batsman.
Afghanistan left-arm fast bowler Shapoor Zadran, whose last international match was in March 2020, announced his retirement from international cricket on 31 January 2025. Shapoor is known for playing a key role with both bat and ball during Afghanistan's victory over Scotland in the 2015 World Cup, which was Afghanistan's first win in an ODI World Cup. Overall, Zadran has played 44 ODIs and 36 T20Is and has taken a total of 80 wickets.
Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has confirmed that Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will be his last cricket tournament at the top level and after that he will retire from all forms of the game. Saha and Bengal's journey in Ranji Trophy came to an end on February 1. With this his career also came to an end. He made his domestic debut in 2007 and made his ODI and Test debut for India in 2010.
In his 11-year career, he was able to play only 40 Tests, as he played most of his career as a backup to MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant. Saha scored 1353 runs at an average of 29, including three centuries to his name. He made his mark as one of the best wicketkeepers in the world. Saha has played 142 first-class matches and over 300 limited-overs matches.
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis announced his retirement from ODI cricket on February 6, 2025. Stoinis made his ODI debut in 2015 and played 71 matches in the format. He scored 1495 runs with 1 century and six fifties at a strike rate of 93 and took 48 wickets. He was part of Australia's 2023 World Cup-winning team. His highest ODI score was 146* which came against New Zealand in Auckland in 2017.
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