Veteran batter Saurabh Tiwary has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket. The 34-year-old will play his farewell game in Jharkhand’s season finale against Rajasthan in the ongoing 2023-24 Ranji Trophy.
With a lone win and only 10 points in six games, the side is not in the reckoning for qualification for the knockouts. Tiwari has been in decent form this season, scoring 158 runs in four matches at an average of 39.50 with a century.
The southpaw debuted for Jharkhand at only 18 in 2006 and has gone on to play 115 first-class, 116 List-A, and 181 T20 games in his domestic career.
At the press conference, Tiwary announced his walking away from the sport by saying:
“It’s a little tough to bid farewell to this journey that I had started before my schooling. “But I’m also sure that this is the right time for this. I feel that if you’re not in the national team and IPL, it’s better to vacate a spot in the state side for a youngster. Youngsters are getting a lot of chances in our Test team so I’m making this decision.”
“It’s not like I’ve decided this only on the basis of my performances. You can see my record in Ranji and in the last domestic season. It’s always asked what I’m going to do next and for now I only know that cricket is the only thing I know so I’m going to be connected to the game. I got an offer from politics too but I haven’t thought about that.”
