Medium pacer Vinay Kumar bids adieu
The 37-year-old Kumar played one Test, 31 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals for India, taking 49 wickets across the three formats
New Delhi: Veteran Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar, who also represented India and led his State team to successive Ranji Trophy titles, on Friday announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket.
The 37-year-old Kumar played one Test, 31 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals for India, taking 49 wickets across the three formats. In first-class cricket, Kumar has taken 504 wickets from 139 matches at an excellent average of 22.44 with 8/32 being his best bowling return in an innings.
“Today ‘Davangere Express’ after running for 25 years and passing so many stations of cricketing life, has finally arrived at a station called ‘Retirement’. With a lot of mixed emotions, I, Vinay Kumar R, hereby announce my retirement from international and first class cricket,” he said in a statement.
“It is not an easy decision to make, however, there comes a time in every sportsperson’s life where one has to call it a day,” he added in the statement posted on Twitter. In the statement, the 37-year-old seasoned campaigner said he immensely benefitted getting to play alongside the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli in his career.
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