The Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) is currently celebrated in the cricket world. In the league, young players are making a big bang, the echo of which is heard globally. But in the meantime a shocking news has come out. During the world's largest cricket league, a player has taken retirement. The special thing is that the player has retired on the same ground from where he started his journey. Who is this player? Know ...

Player retired between IPL 2025

In IPL 2025 (IPL 2025), the match was played between Lucknow Supergiants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on 1 April. The Northern District, far away from the venue of this match, won the Plunket First Class Competition. This team has won for the first time since 2011-12. But with this victory, a New Zealand player also retired. The former Pesar Neil Wagner of the Kiwi team announced retirement at this ground. He has already retired in international cricket and now he has said goodbye to cricket at domestic level as well.

Where the beginning of the same, took retirement

The special thing is that Wagner started cricket from this ground in the year 2008. But he made his debut against the Northern District for Otago. After this, he joined the Northern team in the year 2018-19. Neil is Wagner who took 5 wickets in an over in 2011, playing for Otago. The player said goodbye to international cricket in the year 2024 for the Kiwi team. Wagner said after leaving cricket completely

This is very special for me. I could not think a better end than this. Plunket shield was such that I did not achieve as a team. In such a situation, it is special to do so in their last match.

Player was given guard of honor

The player has performed well in his last match. For the Northern District, it was important to win that the points table had a close fight between the top three teams. Apart from the Northern team, it had a team of Canterbury and Wellington. In such a situation, they had to side both teams to win the title. Otago Volts did not let Northern win so easily on the fourth day. The team had to take 7 wickets to win and Voltts had 287 runs. In the match, Wagner took 5 wickets and Josh Brown two, after which the final wicket fell before lunch and then the team won by 134 runs. After the victory, Neil Wagner was given the guard of honor by the players of his team. To which the player said that

It was quite strange. I don't know what to say on this. I had no such expectation. But yes it touched the heart. I must have done something to these people in career and life, due to which I got it today.

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A Fairytale Finish! A 37th First-Class 5-Wicket Haul for Neil Wagner as he closes out his domestic career in new zealand by helping by helping Northern districts win their first plunket shield title Since the 2011-12 SEASON! Catch on the round 8 scores | https://t.co/RPQ4VXVNAU 📲 📲 =… pic.twitter.com/gTu99idwf

- Blackcaps (@blackcaps) April 1, 2025