Punam Raut retires from international cricket after 12-year career

India batter Punam Raut announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket on Thursday. The 37-year-old, who last represented India in 2021, made the decision public through an Instagram post. Raut played four Tests, 73 ODIs and 35 T20Is across a 12-year international career.

Her ODI record includes 2,299 runs at an average of 34.83 with three centuries and 15 half-centuries. Raut scored 264 Test runs including a career-best 130 against South Africa in Mysore in 2014. She also made 719 runs in 35 T20Is with four half-centuries.

Raut featured in three ODI World Cups and four T20 World Cups. She scored 86 in the 2017 ODI World Cup final at Lord's and formed a record 320-run opening stand with Deepti Sharma against Ireland earlier in that tournament. Raut credited the Mumbai Cricket Association for her early development and thanked former captain Mithali Raj for her guidance.