Nicholas Pooran to Heinrich Klaasen: Players who retired from international cricket at young age to, one Indian in the list
Saqlain Mushtaq was the youngest to retire from international cricket. This legendary Pakistani bowler retired from international cricket at the age of just 27. The reason behind his retirement was knee problems.
Nicholas Pooran has retired from international cricket at the age of 29. He is fully fit, but wants to focus only on franchise cricket. This is the reason why after playing more than 160 matches, he has distanced himself from international cricket at this age.
Quinton de Kock is at number three in this list, who retired from ODIs and Test cricket at the age of just 30. He plays T20 international cricket, but the decision to leave two formats is in itself like moving away from international cricket. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
The name of Ravi Shastri is also included in the list of players who retired from international cricket at a young age, who left international cricket at the age of 30. He also had knee problems. Due to this, he went away from international cricket. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
England's Andrew Flintoff played his last international match at the age of 31. Due to knee and back problems, he also had to distance himself from international cricket early.
Pakistan's fast bowler Waqar Younis also distanced himself from international cricket due to injury. At that time he was just 32 years old.
Heinrich Klaasen's name has also been included in this list. He has retired from international cricket at the age of 33. He also wants to focus on franchise cricket. He is fit, but still does not want to play for South Africa.
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