Sudeep Tyagi retires from all forms of cricket at 33
Former India and Uttar Pradesh paceman Sudeep Tyagi, who was once touted to be the next big thing in the Indian fast bowling department announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Tuesday, 17th November.
Tyagi, who played four ODIs and a lone T20I for India is only 33, but injuries and lack of form led him to take such a drastic decision.
“I want to thank each one of you who has supported me. I have achieved what is every player’s dream to represent the country and wear the Indian flag is a dream I lived,” he wrote in a note on Twitter.
The Ghaziabad-born made his India debut in an ODI against Sri Lanka in December 2009 at the Feroz Shah Kotla on a pitch that was considered unsafe and the match was called off. In that game, Tyagi picked up a wicket as well. His last game in Indian colours came against South Africa in February 2010 in an ODI at Ahmedabad.
The UP speedster came into the reckoning when he picked up a 10 wicket haul on Ranji debut and followed it up with a nine-wicket haul in his second game and was instrumental in taking UP to the finals of the 2007 Ranji season. A good season with Chennai Super Kings in the IPL in 2009 meant that he was drafted in the Indian team as a ‘great future prospect’.
Tyagi thanked MS Dhoni the Indian captain under whom he made his debut. He also thanked UP stalwarts in Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, and RP Singh for their guidance in his parting note.
“I want to thank M.S Dhoni under whom I played my first ODI. I thank my role models Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, RP Singh alongside whom I had the opportunity to debut my career for UPCA,” he wrote.
Apart from UP, Tyagi also represented Hyderabad and Saurashtra in the Indian domestic circuit and in total took 109 First class and 31 List A wickets in a career marred with plenty of injuries.
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