International cricketers who retired in 2025

More than 30 international cricketers retired in 2024.

The year 2024 saw over two dozen international cricketers retire, either fully or from a particular format. This included India’s legendary duo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli quitting T20Is after helping the nation win the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. By the end of the year, another legendary Indian player, Ravi Ashwin, bid adieu to international cricket.

Veteran opener David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan retired from all forms of international cricket. Among the greatest names to leave international cricket in 2024 were James Anderson, Shakib Al Hasan, and Tim Southee.

In 2024, the Pakistani duo of Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim took international retirements for the second time in their careers. Wriddhiman Saha and Matthew Wade were a couple of wicket-keepers who decided to hang their boots from top-level cricket.

The year 2025 has also started on a similar note as several international cricketers officially ended their careers (either from all international formats or partially) in the first three months of the year. On that note, let’s take a list of all international cricketers who retired in the year 2025.

International cricketers who retired in 2025:

1. Rishi Dhawan (White-ball)

Pace-bowling all-rounder Rishi Dhawan was the first cricketer to officially retire from Indian limited-overs cricket in the year 2025. The 34-year-old played three ODIs and one T20I for India, all in 2016, picking up only two wickets. The Himachal Pradesh cricketer played 134 List-A and 135 T20 matches from 2007 to January 2025. Rishi captained Himachal to their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy trophy in 2021-22.

He played 39 matches for two teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) – Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings – 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.

He will continue to play First-Class cricket.

2. Martin Guptill (All formats)

Former New Zealand opener Martin Guptill officially announced his retirement from international cricket on January 8, 2025.

Guptill made his New Zealand debut in 2009 and played his last international match in October 2022. Guptill played 198 ODIs, 122 T20Is and 47 tests. He finished as New Zealand’s highest T20I scorer with 3531 runs and third-highest ODI scorer with 7346 runs. He notched up 23 international centuries.

Guptill holds the record of hitting New Zealand’s only men’s ODI double century for his 237* against West Indies in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup.

3. Varun Aaron (All formats)

Jharkhand fast bowler Varun Aaron retired from representative cricket on January 10, 2025. The 35-year-old featured in nine ODIs and nine tests for India between 2011 and 2015, and took 29 wickets at an average of 47.10.

Injuries hurt Aaron’s career significantly. Around 2011, he was the quickest bowler in the country, clocking speeds of over 150 KPH. He made his domestic debut in 2008. Aaron played in 66 First-Class (FC) matches, 88 List-A games, and 95 T20s to claim over 400 wickets.

Aaron played in 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.

4. Tamim Iqbal (All formats)

Former Bangladesh captain and opener Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket on January 10, 2025. His last international outing was in September 2023.

He played 70 tests, 243 ODIs, and 78 T20Is since making his international debut in 2007 and was one of the pillars of the Bangladesh team in the 2010s. He amassed a total of 15249 runs in international cricket, the second-most by a Bangladeshi batsman.

5. Shapoor Zadran (All formats)

Tall left-arm Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran, whose last international match was in March 2020, announced his international retirement on January 31, 2025.

Shapoor is famous for playing a key role with both bat and ball during Afghanistan’s win over Scotland in the 2015 World Cup, Afghanistan’s maiden win in an ODI World Cup.

Overall, Zadram featured in 44 ODIs and 36 T20Is, picking up 80 wickets in total.

6. Wriddhiman Saha (All formats)

Last year, India wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha had confirmed that the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 would be his last cricket tournament at the top level and he would retire from all forms of the game at the end of it.

Saha and Bengal’s journey in the Ranji Trophy came to an end on February 1. With that, his career to a conclusion. He made his domestic debut in 2007 and India debut in 2010 in ODIs and test cricket.

He managed only 40 tests in his career of 11 years as he was the backup for MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant for the majority of his career. Saha scored 1353 runs at an average of 29, with three centuries to his name. He earned the recognition as being one of the best wicket-keepers in the world.

Saha played 142 First-Class (FC) cricket matches and over 300 white-ball games.

7. Marcus Stoinis (ODIs)

Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis announced his retirement from ODI cricket on February 6th, 2025. Stoinis made his ODI debut in 2015 and played 71 matches in the format. He scored 1495 runs at a strike rate of 93 with one century and six fifties, and took 48 wickets.

He was part of Australia’s 2023 World Cup-winning team. His highest ODI score of 146* came against New Zealand in 2017 in Auckland.

8. Dimuth Karunaratne (All formats)

Sri Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne also called time on his international cricket career in February 2025. He retired from all forms of international cricket after his 100th test appearance, which came against Australia in Galle.

Karunaratne made his ODI debut in July 2011 against England in Manchester, while his first test came in November 2012 against New Zealand in Galle. He represented his country in 100 tests and 50 ODIs, in which he scored 7222 and 1316 runs respectively. He hit 16 tons in tests and one in ODIs. He scored 39 fifties in tests, while 11 came in 50-over cricket.

9. Steve Smith (ODIs)

After leading his country to ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals instead of injured Pat Cummins, Steve Smith bid adieu to ODI cricket after his team crashed out of the tournament losing the first semi-final to India in Dubai.

Starting his career as a leg-spinner, Smith transformed into a solid middle-order batter. In his 15-year-long ODI career, Smith represented Australia in 170 ODIs. He scored 5800 runs in 154 innings at an average of 43.28. His career included 12 hundreds and 35 fifties. With the ball, Smith took 28 wickets in 40 innings he bowled. He will continue to be available for Australia in other two formats of international cricket.

10. Mushfiqur Rahim (ODIs)

After Bangladesh’s group-stage exit from ICC Champions Trophy 2025, one of their senior most cricketers, Mushfiqur Rahim called time on his ODI cricket career. Mushfiqur made his ODI debut in 2006 against Zimbabwe and went on to play 274 ODIs for his country in a 19-year-long career.

Mushfiqur finished his career as second-highest run-scorer and century maker for his nation in ODIs with 7795 runs and nine hundreds, second only to Tamim Iqbal. His highest score of 144, came against Sri Lanka in Dubai in 2018.

His last ODI appearance came against New Zealand in group-stage game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Rawalpindi.

11. Mahmudullah (All formats)

Days after Mushfiqur Rahim’s retirement from ODI cricket, his country-mate Mahmudullah followed the suit called it quits from all forms of international cricket after Bangladesh’s group-stage exit from ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Having retired from test cricket in 2021, Mahmudullah played the other two formats – T20Is and ODIs – till 2025.

Mahmudullah played a total of 50 tests, 239 ODIs and 141 T20Is for his country, where he scored 2914 test runs, 5689 ODI runs and 2444 T20I runs. He also holds the record for scoring most ODI World Cup hundreds for Bangladesh. He scored three hundreds in ODI World Cups.

Mahmudullah also captained Bangladesh in six tests and 43 T20Is. However, his numbers as captain weren’t that great. Under his captaincy, Bangladesh won one test and lost four and managed to draw one. In T20Is, his side won 16 and lost 26 out of 43 matches, while one ended without a result.

(List updated till 5th March, 2025)

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