Just in: Virender Sehwag tweets: "I hereby retire from all forms of international cricket and from the Indian Premier League. A statement will follow."

Sehwag retires on his 37th birthday, bringing to a close a 16-year career.


Sehwag had rubbished reports of his international retirement, saying it's not official. There were reports that the batsman had made the announcement in Dubai on Monday, with speculation of him joining the Masters Champions League. The speculations were confirmed with Sehwag's tweet just now.



A day before his 37th birthday, Sehwag was unveiled at the launch ceremony of the veterans 2020 league in Dubai. When Sehwag, who was present alongside Brian Lara, Graeme Smith and Azhar Mahmood at the launch, was asked how he could play as MCL is a retired cricketers' league, Sehwag said "If I am not retired I will not play. I will go back to India and announce my retirement." That casual remark by him (on retirement) seemingly went viral, forcing the player to come up with a denial. Sehwag has scored 8,586 runs in 104 matches, having made his Test debut against South Africa in 2001.