Indian cricketer Barinder Sran has retired from international and domestic cricket!

Indian cricketer Barinder Sran has said goodbye to cricket at the age of 31. This left arm fast bowler announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket. Sran played 6 ODIs and 2 T20 matches for India between January 2016 and June 2016, but since then he was out of the team. Saran was not getting a chance even in the IPL. Now he has decided to leave cricket.

Barinder announced retirement on Instagram

Barinder wrote in an Instagram post, ‘Now that I am officially retiring from cricket, I look back on my journey with gratitude. After switching from boxing to cricket in 2009, the game has given me countless and incredible experiences. Fast bowling soon became my lucky charm and opened the door to representing a prestigious IPL franchise, which resulted in the supreme honor of representing India in 2016.Even though my international career was short, I will cherish its memories forever. I will always be grateful to God for giving me the right coach and management who supported me throughout my journey.‘

Barinder’s cricket career

Barinder Sran was also selected in the squad for the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe in June 2016, where he made his T20 debut. He performed man of the match in the second game in Harare by taking 4 wickets for 10 runs. This is the best performance of any Indian bowler in debut T20. Overall Sran played 18 first-class, 31 List-A and 48 T20 matches between 2011 and 2021. In the IPL, he represented Royals, Kings XI, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.Barinder Sran played for Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL and took 18 wickets in 24 matches between 2015 and 2019. He played his last competitive match for Punjab in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy against Madhya Pradesh. Apart from taking 47 wickets in 18 first-class matches, he took 45 wickets in 31 List A matches. He has 45 wickets in his name in 48 T20 matches.