Former India U-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand on Friday announced his retirement from Indian cricket. The former U-19 captain took to Twitter to share a long note, in which he confirmed that he is retiring from Indian cricket but is open to taking opportunities around the world.

Unmukt, who led the junior team to a World Cup victory in 2012, had become an India A regular soon after his heroics in the final – he scored 111* in the chase to the target of 226. He also took over as India A captain and kept the top job till 2015.

Unmukt’s heroics in domestic cricket and for India A saw him making it to the 30-member squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2013. He also made it to the 30-member for the 2014 T20 World Cup but couldn’t earn an India call-up.

Chand had started his domestic career with Delhi in 2010 and went on to play for the team for 8 seasons. Chand, who also captained his state team, was dropped from the Vijay Hazare Trophy squad in 2017 and became an irregular member of the team after that.

He switched his base to Uttarakhand in 2019 but the move didn’t work and he moved back to Delhi. Though he wasn’t included in the playing XI in any of the fixtures in the 2020/21 season.

One of the youngest players to bag an IPL contract in 2011, Unmukt had started his career with Delhi Capitals (formerly known as Delhi Daredevils). He also plied his trade for Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. He scored 300 runs in 21 IPL matches. Since he has now retired from Indian cricket, Chand will not be allowed to play IPL as well.

Chand finishes his ‘Indian cricket’ career with 3379 runs in first-class cricket, 4505 runs in List A cricket and 1565 runs in T20s. Smit Patel, Unmukt’s teammate in World Cup, has already moved to the USA and is playing Minor League. He is also set to play Caribbean Premier League for Barbados Tridents.