Virat Kohli to Glenn Maxwell: Cricketers who shocked Everyone by announcing their Retirement in 2025

The year 2025 has been filled with surprises as a lot of top-level players have left the cricketing world by announcing their retirement in a sudden manner. Nicholas Pooran is the most recent one in this list, but he is not the only one. Here are the top cricketers who announced unexpected retirements.

Nicholas Pooran:
West Indies player Nicholas Pooran shocked everyone after his announcement to retire from international cricket at the age of 29. He recently played for Lucknow Super Giants, and shared his decision via his Instagram account.

Rohit Sharma:
Indian captain Rohit Sharma unexpectedly announced his retirement from Test format, and now is going to feature only in ODIs. The 38-year-old had already retired from T20Is when India had won the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Virat Kohli:
India’s star batter Virat Kohli announced his shocking retirement from Test cricket in May 2025 just weeks ahead of the England tour, set to begin June 20. Kohli had already retired from T20Is along with Rohit Sharma after the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Steve Smith:
Australian star batter Steve Smith retired from One-Day Internationals after the team was eliminated from the Champions Trophy 2025.

Glenn Maxwell:
Glenn Maxwell was one of the strongest ODI batter in the world, but announced his retirement from the format at the age of 36 because of constant back issues and needed to manage his workload.

Heinrich Klaasen:
South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen shocked everyone with his retirement in June. He is 33 years old and bid his farewell to international cricket and has decided to put his family and franchise cricket as his priority.