Veteran Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar, who also represented India and led his state team to successive Ranji Trophy titles, on Friday announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket.

Kumar, 37, played one Test, 31 ODIs and nine T20I for India, taking 49 wickets across the three formats. “Today ‘Davangere Express’ after running for 25 years and passing so many stations of cricketing life, has finally arrived at a station called ‘Retirement’. With a lot of mixed emotions, I, Vinay Kumar R, hereby announce my retirement from international and first class cricket,” he said in a statement.