All-rounder Kedar Jadhav announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday, June 3. The Maharashtra batter took to social media to share a post reminiscent of MS Dhoni’s retirement note on Instagram. Jadhav, who has a close relationship with Dhoni, also shared a slideshow of career photos accompanied by a Kishore Kumar song.

“Thank you all for your love and support throughout my career from 1500 hrs. Consider me retired from all forms of cricket,” Kedar Jadhav announced in his post, confirming his retirement at 3 PM IST on Monday.

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The announcement mirrored MS Dhoni’s retirement note. Dhoni had surprised his fans on August 15, 2020, with a similar two-line statement on Instagram, a year after his last international game for India at the 2019 World Cup in England.

“Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired (sic),” Dhoni had said, sharing a slideshow of career photos with one of his favorite songs, ‘Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shair Hoon,’ playing in the background.

Kedar Jadhav, who played 73 ODIs and 9 T20Is for India between 2014 and 2020, flourished under Dhoni’s captaincy, providing valuable off-spin. The 39-year-old was part of the team that reached the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup.

Kedar Jadhav Shines in Maharashtra’s 2023-24 Ranji Trophy Campaign

Kedar Jadhav last played a competitive match in February, representing Maharashtra against Vidarbha in a Ranji Trophy game in Pune. He showcased impressive form, scoring 379 runs in 5 matches, including a century and a fifty, during Maharashtra’s 2023-24 Ranji Trophy campaign.

Jadhav was a consistent performer in domestic cricket, amassing 6100 runs in first-class cricket with 17 hundreds and 23 fifties, and 5520 runs in List-A cricket with 10 hundreds. He played 9 ODIs under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, having made his debut under Dhoni’s leadership.

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Kedar Jadhav played 93 IPL matches, scoring 1196 runs. He was part of the Chennai Super Kings team that won the IPL title in 2018. Jadhav also played for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2010, Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011, and returned to Delhi between 2013 and 2015.

Jadhav last played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023, a team he also represented in 2016 and 2017.

Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to confront Lucknow Super Giants in the 43rd match of IPL 2023 on Monday. A significant update regarding the RCB team has surfaced prior to the game. 

Kedar Jadhav will take the place of England’s star all-rounder David Willey for the remainder of the season

Jadhav has been packed away by RCB for Rs 1 crore. He made his IPL debut with Delhi Thrill seekers in 2010, he has so far played 93 IPL games and scored 1196 runs. Jadhav was acquired by Chennai Super Kings after playing 17 games for RCB in the 2016-17 season. Jadhav addressed Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2021 version of the competition. He stayed unsold in the barterings for the next two seasons.

Then again, Willey played four counterparts for RCB this season and scalped three wickets. Willey’s absence from the remaining matches has not been explained. Willey was picked by RCB in the 2022 uber closeout for Rs 2 crore.

 RCB has won two of the three IPL matches played by both teams so far, while LSG has only won one. LSG stole the victory from RCB in the previous game. RCB will need to quickly return and dominate the following match.

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kedhar Jadhav, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Michael Bracewell, Siddarth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage, Wayne Parnell, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma