India women's team batter VR Vanitha, 31, announces retirement
VR Vanitha, who represented the country in six women's ODIs and 16 T20Is from 2014 to 2016, on Monday announced retirement from all forms of the game at the age of 31. She made her announcement via Twitter and India team-mates Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj were among those thanked by the cricketer who made her debut for the national team in an ODI against Sri Lanka in January 2014. Besides, she thanked her family members, friends, mentor and other team-mates who had been part of her journey in the sport. Vanitha also thanked the two state associations -- Karnataka and Bengal -- that she represented in domestic cricket.


