retirement from all forms of international cricket to explore “new
opportunities in the world of cricket and the business side of it”. He last
played for India in December 2018 during the Border-Gavaskar Test series
against Australia.
Murali appeared in 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20Is for India during his
international career that began back in 2008 when he came in for Gautam
Gambhir in the playing XI of the final Test match of Border-Gavaskar Test
series against Australia in Nagpur. He scored 3982 runs in Tests with 12
centuries and 15 fifties, 339 runs in ODIs with a solitary half-century and
169 runs in T20Is.
He tweeted, “Today, with immense gratitude & humility, I announce my
retirement from all forms of International cricket. My journey from
2002-2018 has been the most wonderful years of my life for it was was an
honour representing India at the highest level of sport. I am grateful for
the opportunities given to me by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI), Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), Chennai Super Kings and
Chemplast Sanmar.”
