Piyush Chawla Retires: Within the last one month, many legendary cricketers have announced retirement. This includes the test retirement of Indian batsmen Rohit Sharma and Kohli. Recently, South African explosive batsman Henrik Klassen also announced his retirement. Australian star all -rounder Glenn Maxwell surprised the fans with a sudden departure from ODI. Now another Indian cricketer has announced retirement. As soon as the IPL 2025 was over, this Indian gave this decision.

This Indian cricketer retired

In fact, leg -spinner Piyush Chawla, who was part of the Indian team that won the 2007 and 2011 World Cups, has said goodbye to cricket. He has announced his retirement from all the formats of cricket. Putting a break to a two -decade long career, he informed about this decision through Instagram post. Piyush Chawla is the third highest wicket -taking bowler in the IPL. He has 192 wickets in his name. He was last seen playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024.

Post on Instagram

Chawla wrote on Instagram, ‘After being on the field for more than two decades, now the time has come to say goodbye to this beautiful game.’ He described the blessings of his life to be a part of the winning team of the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup to represent India and wrote that these memories will always be in their heart. He said that IPL has been a very special chapter of his career.

Thanks to IPL franchisees

Piyush said, ‘I thank all the franchisees who believed in me. I thank Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. I have lived completely every moment played in the Indian Premier League. Recalling his coaches and family, Chawla wrote, ‘I express deep gratitude to my coaches (Mr. KK Gautam and the late Shri Pankaj Saraswat), who made me a player who made me who made me.’ He described his family as a pillar of his strength and paid homage to his late father and said, ‘His faith in me was the light that showed me the way. Without them, this journey is not possible.

A look at cricket career

Piyush Chawla played 3 Tests, 25 ODIs and 7 T20 matches for India. He took a total of 43 wickets. He was also part of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 2011, which is one of the biggest achievements of his career. He played the last international match for India as a T20 match against England in 2012. Chawla’s record in domestic cricket has also been very impressive. He took 446 wickets in 137 first -class matches, as well as contributed to the bat and scored 5486 runs with the help of six centuries. Chawla’s career was very successful in the IPL. He won the title twice in 2012 and 2014 with Kolkata Knight Riders.