Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Four-Time IPL Champion Karn Sharma Retires From Competitive Cricket
Karn Sharma is a 38-year-old Indian cricketer who has decided to stop playing professional cricket.
He announced this decision after a UP T20 League match on August 23.
His last match is scheduled for August 25.
Sharma played four matches for India, including one Test in Australia.
He also took hundreds of wickets in domestic cricket and T20 matches.
In the IPL, he won four championships with three teams.
Sharma said he believed an India recall was unlikely and did not want to take a place from a younger player.
He plans to help cricket through coaching or other responsibilities.
Karn Sharma, 38, announced his retirement from all forms of competitive cricket on August 23.
His final professional match is scheduled for August 25 between Kanpur Superstars and Meerut Mavericks in the UP T20 League.
Sharma represented India in one Test, two ODIs and one T20I, taking five international wickets.
He finished with 270 first-class, 153 List-A and 168 T20 wickets.
Sharma won four IPL titles with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings during a career spanning more than two decades.
- Who
- Karn Sharma, a 38-year-old Indian leg-spinner and Railways cricketer.
- What
- He announced his retirement from all forms of competitive and professional cricket.
- When
- He announced the decision on August 23, with his final match scheduled for August 25.
- Where
- The announcement followed Kanpur Superstars' UP T20 League match in Lucknow; his final game is scheduled at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
- Why
- Sharma said he believed an India return was unlikely and that continuing could occupy a young player's place; he said his family and friends agreed it was the right time.
- Age at retirement
- 38
- Final match
- Kanpur Superstars versus Meerut Mavericks, scheduled for August 25 in the UP T20 League
- India career
- One Test, two ODIs and one T20I; five wickets in total
- First-class record
- 270 wickets in 97 matches
- List-A record
- 153 wickets in 123 matches
- T20 record
- 168 wickets in 191 matches
- IPL record
- 83 wickets in 90 matches and four titles
