Indian cricketer Sehwag announces international retirement

October 21, 2015

Indian cricketer yesterday announced his retirement from  and the next  season. Sehwag played his last in March 2013 against. He scored 8,586 runs, including 23, in 104 test matches, with a of 49.34.

Sehwag, who turned 37 yesterday, said on Twitter "I hereby retire from all forms of international cricket and from the Indian Premier League. A statement will follow." He stated he has not retired from matches, and he is also scheduled to appear in the  in February 2016.

Also known as the Nawab of Najafgarh, Sehwag is the only Indian cricketer to score a triple century in test matches, making 309 runs against in 2004 and 319 against  in 2008.

Sehwag stated, "I have always done what I felt was right and not what conformists thought to be right [...] God has been kind and I have done what I wanted to do, on the field and in my life, and I had decided some time back that I will retire on my 37th birthday."

Fellow Indian cricketers praised Sehwag when news of his retirement broke. referred to Sehwag's "tremendous achievements" and "superlative performances", called him "a pure entertainer", and  described him as "an inspiration to billions of cricket fans across the world."