Champions Trophy 2025: Australia’s star all -rounder Marcus Stoinis has announced a sudden retirement from ODI cricket before the Champions Trophy 2025. The tournament is going to start in Pakistan and Dubai from 19 February. Stoinis was included in Australia’s 15 -member team last month, but before the tournament, she has surprised everyone by taking this decision.
Stoinis was recently hurt a light hamstring during the bowling while playing for Durban Super Giants in South Africa’s SA20 League. Due to this injury, he will not be able to participate in the Champions Trophy. Now the new player will be included in the Australia team in their place. Stoinis was part of the Kangaroo team that became champion in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Now he will be seen only in T20.
“This wasn’t an easy decision, but I believe it’s the right time for me to step away from odis and full focus on the next chapter of my career”
Australia all rounder marcus stoinis has announced his ODI retirement and won’t feature in the upcoming champions trophy pic.twitter.com/xukvr7d3wl
– Espncricinfo (@Spncricinfo) Februry 6, 2025 What did Stoinis say?
After retiring, Stoinis said, ‘Playing ODI cricket for Australia was a great journey and I am grateful for every moment. It is a matter of pride for me to represent my country at the highest level. This decision was not easy, but now is the time to focus on the next chapter of my career away from ODIs.
How was Marcus Stoinis’s ODI career?
Right -handed star all -rounder Marcus Stoinis had a great ODI career. He scored 1495 runs in 64 innings of 71 matches at an average of 26.69, including 1 century and 6 half -centuries. High score 146 is unbeaten. He has taken 48 wickets in this format.
Australia team for Champions Trophy 2025 is as follows
Pat Cummins (Captains, are injured), Alex Carrie, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardy, Travis Head, Josh English, Marnas Labushen, Mitchell Marsh (are out due to injury), Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Michel Starc, Matthew Short , Marcus Stoinis (retired), Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.