Murali Vijay announces retirement from all forms of international cricket

Veteran India opener Murali Vijay on Monday announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket to explore “new prospects in the world of cricket and the business side of it”. He last appeared for India in the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia in December 2018.

Murali played 61 Tests, 17 One-Day Internationals, and nine Twenty20 Internationals for India during his international career, which began in 2008 when he replaced Gautam Gambhir in the playing XI in the last Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia in Nagpur. He amassed 3982 runs in Tests, including 12 hundreds and 15 fifties, 339 runs in ODIs, including a single half-century, and 169 runs in T20Is.

He tweeted, “Today, with immense gratitude & humility, I announce my retirement from all forms of International cricket. My journey from 2002-2018 has been the most wonderful years of my life for it was was an honour representing India at the highest level of sport. I am grateful for the opportunities given to me by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), Chennai Super Kings and Chemplast Sanmar.”

“To all my team-mates, coaches, mentors and support staff: It has been an absolute privilege t

\o have played with you all, and, I thank you all for helping turn my dream into reality. To cricket fans that have supported me through the ups & downs of international sport, will forever cherish the moments I spent with you all and your support has always be a source of motivation for me.”

@BCCI @TNCACricket @IPL @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/ri8CCPzzWK

— Murali Vijay (@mvj888) January 30, 2023

He also represented Tamil Nadu in 135 first-class and 94 List A cricket matches before retiring in late 2019. Murali also played in 106 IPL games, amassing 2619 runs with two tonnes and 13 fifties before retiring in September 2020.