“I now need to retire… I’m extraordinarily grateful to my household, BCCI, Railways, UPCA, Andhra, Vidarbha Cricket Affiliation and everybody who has supported me all through this journey,” Karn, 38, mentioned whereas making the announcement. “After this, I might be out there for teaching and different tasks associated to the sport of cricket.”
That, although, was Karn’s final worldwide look. He was picked for a limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe in 2015, however an damage compelled his omission. Within the decade since, he by no means got here near including to his 4 worldwide appearances.
In 2018, Karn turned the primary individual to win a hat-trick of IPL titles, a brief listing that features solely Suyash Sharma and Phil Salt. What was particularly distinctive about his feat was that he did so with three totally different groups: SRH (2016), Mumbai Indians (2017) and Chennai Tremendous Kings (2018). Throughout this era, Karn additionally performed for Vidarbha within the 2017-18 home season and Andhra within the 2018-19 season, earlier than returning to Railways.
Karn’s final IPL recreation was in 2025 with MI, and was a part of the Railways groups throughout all three codecs within the 2025-26 home season. Karn had the chance to succeed in 100 first-class appearances, however will now end three matches brief. In 97 first-class matches, he took 270 wickets at a mean of 27.60, with 14 five-wicket hauls. He additionally scored 2,866 runs in 138 first-class innings, with two centuries and 14 fifties.
In 123 Checklist-A matches, he took 153 wickets, together with three five-wicket hauls, whereas in 191 T20 matches he grabbed 168 wickets, together with 87 wickets in 90 IPL matches. Throughout this era, he additionally scored one century and 6 half-centuries in Checklist-A cricket, and one other two fifties in T20s.