In the year 2025, a major transformation took place in the cricketing world and one of the reasons was the retirement of some of the most legendary players. Not only did these retirements signify the end of great careers but also the announcement of the eras that highly impacted international cricket.
From extraordinary batters, multipurpose all-rounders, to dependable keepers who were the topmost in the cricket world hung their boots this year. So let’s take a look at the top 10 players who retired in 2025:
Steve Smith (Australia) – ODI
Steve Smith is a batsman from Australia. He bats right handed. Steve Smith said he will stop playing ODI after the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Steve Smith has done well in One Day Internationals. He has scored, over 5,800 runs. Made 12 centuries in 170 matches of One Day Internationals.
Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – ODI
The performer who is really good at cricket and people know him for hitting the ball far and being fairly good, at bowling has finally said he is retiring from One Day Internationals. He did this after playing a lot of cricket and getting 3,990 runs and 77 wickets in One Day Internationals. The performer is done playing One Day Internationals.
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Marcus Stoinis (Australia) – ODI
Stoinis had said goodbye to the one day cricket format. He had a good record in one day internationals. Stoinis had done some things in ODI like finishing matches in a winning way, for his team many times.
Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) – All Formats
The powerful South African wicketkeeper-batter quit participating in international cricket on June 2, 2025, to prioritise family and franchise commitments.
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) – All Formats
Guptill, New Zealand’s cricket’s brilliant limited-overs star, eventually retired from his long-time service along with the legendary World Cup double hundred.
Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) – All Formats
The serene and unruffled Sri Lankan cricketer hung up his bat in all three formats with a huge overall figure of more than 7,200 runs off the bat in Tests.
Wriddhiman Saha (India) – All Formats
He was at one stage the best wicket-keeper in the country and the Indian keeper never looked back after years of exhibiting his great glove work and hard-fought batting.
Rohit Sharma (India) – Test Cricket
The Indian batsman and captain who played with style and was different from others left the red-ball cricket in May 2025, and his score of more than 4,300 Test runs was counted along with him as he made the last one.
Virat Kohli (India) – Test Cricket
Kohli, the modern-day superstar, with a remarkable sum of 9,230 runs and 30 hundreds, has withdrawn from the game’s longest format.
Piyush Chawla (India) – All Formats
The veteran leg-spinner and World Cup winner stepped out of all forms, acknowledging him for the googlies he possessed and match-winning bawling he could dish out.
