Veteran player Murali Vijay has declared his retirement from worldwide cricket on Monday (January 30). Vijay has expressed that he will keep on searching for chances to play all over the planet and investigate the business side of the game also. The opener played 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and 9 T20Is for India since making his presentation in 2008 in the Line Gavaskar Prize against Australia. His latest appearance for the public side came in December 2018 against a similar resistance in Perth, post which he was at no point ever picked in the future. "Today, with gigantic appreciation and lowliness, I declare my retirement from all types of Global cricket," he said in a proclamation. "My excursion from 2002-2018 has been the most awesome long stretches of my life for it was an honor addressing India at the most significant level of game. "I'm appreciative for the valuable open doors given to me by the Leading body of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation (TNCA), Chennai Super Lords and Chemplast Sanmar. "I'm eager to report that I will investigate new open doors in the realm of cricket and the business side of it, where I will likewise keep on taking part in the game that I love and challenge myself in new and various conditions. I accept that this is the following stage in my excursion as a cricketer and I anticipate this new section in my life." Vijay looked noteworthy in his presentation Test and afterward proceeded to score 87 in his second game against Sri Lanka. He figured out how to make certain about a spot in the XI and scored his lady Test ton in October 2010 preceding losing his spot the next year. He was brought back again in 2013 for the Line Gavaskar Prize at home and reimbursed the confidence by scoring two monstrous hundreds of years in India's 4-0 win. The opener gradually acquired a standing for scoring runs abroad and wound up scoring hundreds of years in Britain and Australia. Runs evaporated in 2018 however where he scored only one hundred years in eight Tests prior to getting dropped. While his white-ball profession never took off for India, Vijay went through a purple fix in the IPL for Chennai Super Rulers where he scored two centuries and made 95 in the last in 2011. After a concise spell with Delhi Thrill seekers and later Lords XI Punjab where he even captained the establishment, Vijay got back to CSK briefly stretch in 2018 that didn't end up finding lasting success. His last appearance in the IPL came in September 2020.