Rahul Tiwari
khelja|01-01-2025
Many famous cricketers had retired from international cricket in 2024. Many players including David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, James Anderson and Ravichandran Ashwin ended their cricket careers. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja said goodbye to T20 International. The year 2025 can also be the year of retirement for cricketers. Especially many famous cricketers of India can say goodbye to cricket in 2025. We are telling you about the five most popular names, the form of some of them remains a matter of concern and some have been out of Team India for a long time. Due to their form as well as their increasing age, these cricketers can now end their journey. The age of all these Indian veterans is more than 36 years.
Indian Test and ODI team captain Rohit Sharma's performance in Test cricket in 2024 has been very poor. Neither was his strength visible in his batting nor was he visible in his captaincy. According to reports, 37-year-old Rohit can take a big decision after the last test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be held in Sydney in early 2024. According to reports, Rohit Sharma may announce his retirement from Test cricket. Rohit has scored 4301 runs in 67 tests. He has 12 centuries recorded in his name.
The name of India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also in this list. 36-year-old Jadeja retired from T20 International after winning the T20 World Cup this year. Now it is believed that he can bid farewell to the biggest format of cricket, Test, in 2025. His performance in 2024 has not been anything special. So far he has scored 3331 runs in 79 tests and taken 323 wickets.
Cheteshwar Pujara never played any T-20 International. He played his last ODI in 2014 but he continued playing Test matches for India from 2011 to 2023. 36-year-old Pujara played his last Test against Australia in the final of the World Test Championship in 2023. Since then he is out of Team India. Pujara, who scored 7195 runs in 103 Tests for India, may also retire from cricket in the new year.
36-year-old Ajinkya Rahane was recently seen in excellent form in the domestic tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. But he has been out of Team India for a long time. He played his last Test against West Indies in July 2023. Since then he is out of the Test team. Ajinkya Rahane can also take a big decision on his international cricket in 2025. Rahane has scored more than 5 thousand runs in 85 tests.
Ishant Sharma, who has taken more than 430 international wickets for India, played his last international match in 2023 against New Zealand in Kanpur. Since then 36 year old Ishant is away from the Indian team. The year 2024 is over, now it has to be seen what decision Ishant takes on his career in the new year.