Retirements that left the Cricketing World in shock

#1 Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly in his Final hurrah

Barely one-year after making his comeback to the Indian team after the Chappel fiasco, which led to his ouster from the set-up back in 2005, Sourav Ganguly, announced to the cricketing world prior to the 2008 Border Gavaskar Trophy, in a pre-series conference that the ensuing series would be his final hurrah in Test cricket.

It was coming for a while, especially after Ganguly was overlooked for the Irani Cup match between Rest of India and Delhi.

A veteran of 113 Tests matches, and one of India's most successful captain (21 wins in 49 Tests), Ganguly accumulated 7212 runs at an average of 42.18 and a Brobdingnagian 11363 runs in 311 ODIs at an average of 40.73, which included 22 tons.