India Pacer Vinay Kumar Friday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He represented the country in 1 Test, 31 ODIs and 9 T20Is, and took 49 wickets across all formats of the game.
Taking to Twitter, the veteran pacer wrote, “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.”
Kumar also said that he has been lucky enough to play alongside the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli in his career.
“My cricketing experience has been enriched by playing under the great minds of Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Virendra Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to name the few. Also, I was blessed to have Sachin Tendulkar as a mentor in Mumbai Indians,” he added.
Vinay Kumar played for Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerela in the Indian Premier League. He also captained the Karnataka team to two back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.