Abhishek Nayar Retires After Playing Domestic Cricket For 15 Years

Abhishek Nayar is one of those cricketers, who deserved to have represented India across the formats. Much like many cricketers, the flamboyant all-rounder haven’t got luck on his side to make things fall in place. Despite that, he is a well+known cricketer in domestic circuit for his on-field brilliance.

Overall, he played in 103 FC matches, scoring 5749 runs with 13 centuries and 32 fifties. His highest score was 259. And also, he averaged a healthy 45.62. He also took 173 wickets with six five-wicket hauls.

It’s been an absolute honour – Abhishek Nayar

The former skipper of Mumbai has shared the news with the fans via his Twitter panel. Having played a lot of domestic cricket, Nayar quoted that he doesn’t have any regrets. Perhaps, the call has been made for his offers across the globe in coaching panel.

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Sharing the news to fans, Abhishek Nayar tweeted writing “It’s been an absolute honour and I’m grateful for all the support I’ve received through my playing career. Gave it my everything and like they say ‘no regrets no comebacks’.its time to move on…thank you, everyone, for the love and support.”

It's been an absolute honour and I'm grateful for all the support I've received through my playing career.Gave it my everything and like they say 'no regrets no comebacks'.its time to move on…thank you everyone for… https://t.co/oqYs3wK30u

— abhishek nayar (@abhisheknayar1) October 23, 2019

One of the major highlights of his career is to receive a call-up to represent the Indian National Cricket Team. The left-handed batsman and seam bowler, Nayar played three ODIs for India under Dhoni’s leadership in 2009. Unfortunately, he failed to make big and never returned again.

Since July last year, Nayar has been the lead coach and mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders academy in Bengaluru. From this season though, he has been named as the assistant coach of the side, with former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum being the head coach.

For the last few years, he has mentored quite a few international players like Dinesh Karthik and Shreyas Iyer. All the players have given high praises to the Mumbai star for his work ethic.