These 11 Indian Cricketers Could Not Play A Farewell Match
These 11 Indian cricketers could not play a farewell match, retired from outside the ground. There are no specific standards for how a cricketer should bid farewell to international cricket, but one thing can be said clearly that whenever a cricketer is given a farewell, there should be thunderous applause.
Particularly, the farewell of the players who have made their significant contribution to the country should be memorable. However, if someone gets a farewell match, no one does. The same has happened to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the most successful captain of the Indian team, who has been away from international cricket without playing a farewell match. The total of these 11 Indian cricketers could not play a farewell match, retired from outside the ground.
However, not only Mahendra Singh Dhoni but also 10 other great players of the Indian team, who have got away from international cricket without playing a farewell match. These include veterans like Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, and former captain Rahul Dravid. Today we will talk about These 11 Indian cricketers who have been away from cricket without playing a farewell match.
1. Sunil Gavaskar
Nobody thought about former India captain and veteran batsman Sunil Gavaskar that the World Cup 1987 semi-final match would be his last. India lost to England in the semifinal of the World Cup 1987 and Gavaskar never appeared in international cricket after that.
2. Mohammad Azharuddin
The same has happened with Mohammad Azharuddin, who captained the Indian team for a long time. At one time, he was the only player to play not only for India, but also the most matches in the world, the most and the most as a captain, but his career came to an end amid allegations of match-fixing.
3. Rahul Dravid
Former captain, Rahul Dravid’s name is also included in this list of great players, as he too had to decide to retire in the same way and he did not get a chance to play the farewell match. Dravid, who has scored thousands of runs for India as captain and especially in Test cricket, kept on craving for the farewell match.
4. Virender Sehwag
The first time a player scored a triple century in Test cricket for the Indian team, he was Virender Sehwag. Later he scored another triple century, while he missed the third triple century. At the same time, after Sachin in ODI cricket, he had scored a double century, but Veeru also had no luck in the farewell match.
5. VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman was called the Very-Very Special, as he stood firmly on the field in Test cricket and had won the country in all matches. However, VVS also did not get to play the farewell match. He announced his retirement at a press conference and he never went out to play cricket.
6. Zaheer Khan
Fast bowler Zaheer Khan contributed to the Indian team’s journey up to the final of the 2003 World Cup and then to the World Cup-winning team of the 2011 World Cup. Many players called Zaheer Sachin Tendulkar of the Indian bowling unit, but Zaheer also did not get to play the farewell match for the Indian team.
7. Extremely serious
Be it the 2007 T20 World Cup final or the 2011 World Cup final. Gautam Gambhir was the only part of the Indian batting unit who scored both runs for the World Cup-winning team both times. However, he did not get the man of the match title in both the matches, while he also retired without a farewell match.
8. Yuvraj Singh
The credit for winning the World Cup 2011 goes to Yuvraj Singh the most all-rounder. Yuvi performed brilliantly throughout the tournament not only with the bat but also with the ball. Apart from a century, Yuvi had scored many fifties in the World Cup and won the Player of the tournament title, while Yuvraj also hit 6 sixes in one over in the 2007 T20 World Cup, but retired without playing a farewell match.
9. Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan, the all-rounder of the Indian team, was once called the most talented all-rounder but was dropped after a poor performance in some matches. Although he was the man of the match in the last match, he was consistently ignored. In such a situation, he made a distance from international cricket without playing a farewell match.
10. MS Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni … the name is enough. No matter how much is written about him, no matter how much is said, he will be a great captain as well as a great batsman, a great wicketkeeper, and a great finisher. Despite this, Dhoni has shifted from international cricket without playing a farewell match.
11. Suresh Raina
After MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina has also said goodbye to international cricket without playing a farewell match. Nobody expected Raina to retire after Dhoni retired, as he claimed to have played for 2-3 years in an interview given to Jagran 3 days earlier, but suddenly got away from international cricket.
