Manoj Tiwary announces retirement from cricket: 'Goodbye to the game'
FirstpostManoj Tiwary has announced his retirement from all formats of the game. His last game was the Ranji Trophy final defeat to Saurashtra earlier this year, where he top scored in the second innings. Thanking his former teammates, loved ones, and coach Manabendra Ghosh, Tiwary wrote: “Manabendra Ghosh, my father figure like coach has been the pillar in the cricketing journey. Big thank you to my wife, @roy_susmita7 who has always been on my side from the time she came into my life.” Manoj Tiwary finishes just 92 runs short of 10,000 runs in first-class cricket, averaging 48.56 with 29 centuries and 45 fifties. After being dropped and injury absences, Tiwary was recalled for a solitary ODI against Bangladesh in 2014 and an away series versus Zimbabwe in July 2015 proved to be his swansong on the big stage.