Shane Warne retires from IPL

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne has announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League. Confirming the report, Warne said the ongoing season of IPL will be his last one but he will stay associated with the team as Coach or Advisor.

“Yes this is my last year playing IPL – please come down and support Rajasthan Royals last 2 home games against Chennai & Bangalore ! We need your help !!!!”, Warne wrote on the social networking site Twitter.

Warne has captained Rajasthan in all the four seasons of IPL. Under his tremendous leadership, the team won the inaugural season of the cash rich league.

So far, he has played 52 games for Rajasthan picking up 56 wickets. Rajasthan are currently fourth in the points table in this edition of IPL and likely to move up as four games are still to be played.