By Kaif - Jun 06, 2025 04:00 PM
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India's star leg-spinner Piyush Chawla has retired from all formats of cricket. He announced this through an Instagram post on Friday. Piyush was part of the Indian team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup. He played his last match for India in 2012. However, Piyush did not get a chance to play a single match in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Piyush wrote in the caption of his post, 'Ending this chapter with gratitude!! Retiring from all formats of the game. Thank you all for your support in this beautiful journey. Piyush has also shared several pictures in Team India and IPL jerseys in his post.
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Piyush wrote, 'I am deeply grateful to my coaches - Mr. K.K. Gautam and late Mr. Pankaj Saraswat - who developed and shaped me as a cricketer. My family has been my strength and a pillar in this journey. The unwavering support of the family has been my foundation during all the ups and downs. I would like to make a special mention of my late father. He had unwavering faith in me and paved the way for me. Without him this journey would never have been possible. I also thank the BCCI, UPCA (Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association) and GCA (Gujarat Cricket Association) who provided me with the platform and opportunities to develop and express myself as a cricketer. Today is a very emotional day for me, as I officially announce my retirement from all formats of international and domestic cricket. Even though I move away from the crease, cricket will always remain alive within me. Now I am looking forward to starting a new journey, carrying with me the spirit and lessons of this beautiful game.'
Piyush made his international debut in 2006. He played his first match in 2006 as a Test match against England in Mohali. After this, he made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in 2007 and T20 debut against South Africa in 2010. Piyush played his last Test match for India against England in December 2012, last ODI against Netherlands in 2011 and last T20 match against England at Wankhede in 2012. After this, he could never make it to Team India. However, he continued to play IPL and is one of the highest wicket-taking bowlers of this league.
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Piyush played three Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20 matches for India. He has seven wickets in Tests, 32 wickets in ODIs and four wickets in T20s. In IPL, he took 192 wickets in 192 matches. He was part of the Mumbai Indians team last year. However, he was released before the mega auction and no one bought him in the auction. After this, he was also a part of the commentary team in this IPL.
Played IPL for four franchises: He created history by making his Test debut against England in March 2006. At that time, Chawla was 17 years and 75 days old and became the second youngest player to debut in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (16 years 205 days). Piyush Chawla has played IPL for four franchises (PBKS, KKR, CSK and MI).
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