
A shocking news has emerged from the cricket world on the first day of the exciting second Test match being played between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC Stadium in Colombo. Experienced Indian leg spinner Karn Sharma, who has been out of Team India for a long time, has taken a big decision to say goodbye to all formats of international and domestic cricket forever. His sudden decision of retirement has created a stir among sports lovers and his fans, and fellow players are also shocked by this news.
Announced retirement during UP T20 League
Karn Sharma announced this shocking decision during the UP T20 League on Saturday night. He formally announced his retirement after the match played between Kanpur Superstars and Meerut Mavericks. According to the information received, he will take the field for his team for the last time on August 25 and with this he will end his two decade long illustrious cricket career. According to media reports, Karna has expressed gratitude to all the people who supported him in his journey.
Expressed gratitude to family, BCCI and associations
Announcing his retirement, Karan Sharma said that he is now putting his sports career on pause. “I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my family, BCCI, Railways, UPCA, Andhra Pradesh, Vidarbha Cricket Association and everyone who has supported me in this journey,” he said in his official message. He also made it clear that after saying goodbye to the game, he will be fully available for further coaching and other administrative and technical responsibilities related to cricket.
Such was the unique and memorable career of Karan Sharma.
Karn Sharma’s cricket career has been full of ups and downs and unique records. He has played 1 Test, 2 ODI and 1 T20 International match for India. He made his international debut in the ODI series against Sri Lanka in November 2014, which was the same historic match in which Rohit Sharma played a record inning of 264 runs. After this, in December 2014, he made his Test debut against Australia in Adelaide in which he took four wickets in the first innings. Additionally, he became the first player in IPL history to win consecutive titles with three different teams—he lifted the IPL trophy with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016, Mumbai Indians in 2017 and Chennai Super Kings in 2018.
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