6 Indian cricketers who announced retirement at least a couple of years after their last international game

#4 RP Singh

RP Singh

Once a promising Indian pace prospect, RP Singh couldn’t quite fulfil his potential and ended up retiring from international cricket in September 2018, merely at the age of 32. After winning the man of the match award on Test debut at Faisalabad against Pakistan in January 2006, he was part of India’s 2007 World T20 campaign, and also played a key role in India’s famous Test win at Perth in 2008.

Singh, however, couldn’t perform consistently. He was on holiday when asked to play The Oval Test in 2011, but once in the team he went wicketless and was never picked again for Tests.

His last international match was an ODI against England at Cardiff in September 2011.

Singh finished with 40 wickets in Tests from 14 matches, 69 wickets in ODIs from 58 games and 15 wickets in T20s from 10 matches.

#3 Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar’s rise and fall was similar to that of RP Singh’s. He first came into prominence during the CB series final against Australia in 2007-08, where he was the man of the match as India shocked the Aussies in the latter’s home den. Kumar, with his ability to swing the ball, also claimed a five-for at Lord’s during the miserable 2011 tour.

However, injury and anger management issues meant he was more out of the team than in. Having last played for India in a T20 International against South Africa at Johannesburg in March 2012, Kumar announced his retirement from the sport, like RP Singh, at the age of 32, in October 2018.

Kumar claimed 77 wickets in 68 ODIs, 27 wickets in six Tests and 8 wickets in 10 T20s.