List of Cricketers Who Retired in 2025: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Other Players Who Hung Up Their Boots This Year

List of Cricketers Who Retired in 2025: The year 2025 has not been kind to cricket fans. Several cricketers have announced their retirements from one or every format of the game till now, and it has not been six months into the year. There have been several players who have decided to hang up their boots, either from one specific format or from international cricket as a whole, and the list has witnessed continuous additions so far. Cheteshwar Pujara is the latest name to be added to the list after the India National Cricket Team Test stalwart announced his retirement from all forms of Indian cricket. Meanwhile, let us take a look at the list of cricketers who have retired in 2025. Virat Kohli Test Retirement: BCCI Highlights Memorable Achievements of Star Cricketer's Career As He Retires from Longest Format of Cricket.

The most shocking retirements that the cricketing fraternity has witnessed in 2025 were of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith. While the last two announced their retirement from Test cricket, Smith drew curtains on his ODI career after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. For Smith, 2027 is distant, and he wants to focus on the red-ball cricket with the Ashes arriving. Meanwhile, Rohit and Virat have not been in the best of form with the bat in Test cricket and will now only play in ODIs. Meanwhile, fans eager to know the names of cricketers who have retired in 2025 will get all the information here. ‘Retirement Le Lu?’ Rohit Sharma’s Chat With Rishabh Pant on His ODI Future Surfaces After India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Triumph, Video Goes Viral.

List of Players Who Retired in 2025

England national cricket team all-rounder Chris Woakes announced his international retirement on September 29. Woakes was part of England's two-time ICC white-ball titles triumphs - the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup. The 36-year-old represented England in 217 matches across formats. Before Woakes, India national cricket team leg-spinner Amit Mishra announced his retirement from professional cricket. Mishra represented India in 22 Tests, 36 ODIs and 10 T20Is - picking 76, 64, and 16 scalps respectively. Amit Mishra made his international debut in 2003 in an ODI tri-series in Bangladesh. Australian speedster Mitchell Starc announced his retirement as he stepped away from T20Is.

Earlier, Glenn Maxwell had retired from ODIs. Meanwhile, South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen retired from international cricket. Pakistan's Asif Ali has also bid adieu to all formats. Bangladesh cricket has faced a big loss in terms of retirement as their big five players are at the dusk of their careers, with Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Tamim Iqbal also announcing multi-format retirement.

Sri Lanka, too, sees their star players Angelo Matthews and Dimuth Karunaratne bid adieu to Test and international cricket, respectively. Afghanistan's Shapoor Zadran also decided to finish his international career, announcing his retirement from all formats in January.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 12, 2025 06:22 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).