James Anderson: England's legendary fast bowler James Anderson retired from the cricket world as a player after the first Test match against West Indies. In his last match at Lord's ground, James Anderson took 1 wicket in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.

After James Anderson said goodbye to the cricket world, now two veteran players of the Indian team have also decided to retire. After which reports are coming that both these veterans can soon formally announce their retirement by sending an official mail to BCCI.

James Anderson played his last match at Lord's ground

James Anderson has said goodbye to his 22-year-long international career for England. James Anderson played his last international match against West Indies at Lord's ground, which is known as the Mecca of cricket. Talking about James Anderson, he has taken 704 wickets in 188 Test matches played for England. As a fast bowler, no bowler in world cricket has more Test wickets than James Anderson.

188 Tests. 704 wickets. Countless memories.

Go well in your retirement, Jimmy 🐐 pic.twitter.com/cuSH6DWId9

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 12, 2024

After James Anderson, these 2 Indian legends can announce their retirement

After the retirement of James Anderson, two veteran players of Team India, Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma, can also announce their retirement soon. Talking about Shikhar Dhawan, he has not got a chance to play for Team India since the end of December 2022, while Ishant Sharma played his last match on the England tour in the year 2021. In such a situation, now both these Indian veterans can also decide to say goodbye to international cricket.

There have been speculations about the retirement of both the players for a long time

There have been speculations about Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma retiring from international cricket for a long time. The news of the retirement of both the players was trending a lot in the media since the World Cup 2023, but after that they represented their franchise in IPL cricket but the fitness of both the players was not very good.

Due to which both the legends could not play much for their respective franchises. Due to which it is now believed that from the IPL Auction 2024, both these legendary Indian players will formally announce their retirement.