- Punam Raut Performed 73 ODIs, top-scored 2017 Ladies’s World Cup closing.
- Achieved world report 320-run opening stand in 2017.
- Expressed gratitude, plans to contribute to cricket’s future.
Mumbai: Former India opener Punam Raut on Thursday introduced her retirement from all types of worldwide cricket and introduced the curtains down on a profession that spanned greater than a decade and included a run to the 2017 Ladies’s ODI World Cup closing.
Punam, 37, who final performed for India in 2021, made the announcement in an announcement shared on her Instagram account on Thursday. “After a lot thought and reflection, I’ve determined to retire from worldwide cricket in all codecs of the sport.
“Representing India has been the best honour of my life. Cricket has been greater than only a sport – it has formed my character, taught me resilience, and given me reminiscences that I’ll cherish endlessly. Each time I wore the India jersey, I did so with immense delight and gratitude,” she wrote.
Mumbai-based Punam made her ODI debut in opposition to the West Indies in March 2009 and went on to play 73 ODIs, scoring 2,299 runs at a mean of 34.83 with three lots of and 15 fifties. She additionally performed 35 T20Is, making 719 runs, and 4 Assessments, by which she aggregated 264 runs, together with a career-best 130 in opposition to South Africa in 2014.
She was a part of the Indian facet that completed runners-up on the 2017 ODI World Cup in England, together with top-scoring with 86 within the closing in opposition to the hosts at Lord’s. Throughout her profession, she featured in three ODI World Cups and 4 T20 World Cups.
Earlier that 12 months, she and Deepti Sharma had stitched collectively a world-record 320-run opening stand within the ODI World Cup qualifier recreation in opposition to Eire, with Punam contributing 109.
Recalling the 2017 marketing campaign, Punam described it as a turning level for the ladies’s recreation within the nation. “The 2017 ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup will at all times stay one of many defining moments of my profession. Though we fell simply in need of the trophy, that event reworked girls’s cricket in India, impressed a era of younger women, and adjusted the way forward for our recreation. I’ll at all times be proud to have been a part of that historic crew.
“I want to categorical my heartfelt gratitude to the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) for giving me the chance to signify my nation on the highest stage. Sporting the India jersey was a dream that turned a actuality, and I’ll at all times be thankful for the belief and help I acquired.
“My honest because of the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation for believing in me throughout my childhood. The alternatives and steering I acquired there laid the inspiration of my cricketing journey.
“My heartfelt gratitude goes to Indian Railways, my second household, for standing by me all through my profession. Railways formed me right into a stronger, extra disciplined cricketer, and I’ll at all times be grateful for their unwavering help.”
She reserved particular point out for former captain Mithali Raj, underneath whom she performed for each India and Railways. “A particular thanks to Mithali Raj. It was a privilege to play underneath your captaincy for each India and Railways. Your management and dedication to the sport have been a relentless supply of inspiration.”
“To all my coaches, thanks for believing in me by means of each excessive and low. Your steering and encouragement helped me develop each as a cricketer and as an individual. To my physiotherapists, trainers, and medical doctors, thanks for working tirelessly behind the scenes.
“Your dedication, care, and dedication performed a useful function in my journey, and I’m deeply grateful for all the pieces you probably did. To my dad and mom, thanks in your unconditional love, sacrifices, and unwavering perception in my desires. Each milestone I achieved is a mirrored image of your help.
“To each teammate with whom I shared a dressing room, thanks for the friendships, the laughter, the challenges, and the unforgettable reminiscences. It has been a privilege to stroll this journey alongside such unbelievable individuals.”
Signing off, Punam stated she hoped to remain concerned within the recreation, particularly together with her finishing teaching certifications. “As I shut this chapter, I accomplish that with a coronary heart filled with gratitude. Cricket has given me lifelong friendships, invaluable classes, and reminiscences that I’ll cherish endlessly. To each fan who supported me by means of each success and each problem, thanks.
“Your love and encouragement have meant greater than phrases can categorical. Though my journey as a global cricketer involves an finish, my love for the sport won’t ever fade. I stay up for giving again to cricket and contributing to its future. Thanks to everybody who has been a part of this unbelievable journey. Thanks, Cricket. Jai Hind.”
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