2. Zafar Ansari

Recently, Zafar Ansari surprised one and all in the cricketing fraternity after his announcement of his retirement from the game at an age of 25. He took the decision in order to pursue a career in law. He called it a day at the age when most of them tend to start their journey.

Ansari had made his Test debut for England in last October and he has played only three Test matches for his side. During his cricketing career, the southpaw never left the studies and he was awarded a double first from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in social and political sciences in 2013. Last year, he completed his Masters in history from University of London’s Royal Holloway college. Ansari has played 71 First-class matches and scored 3009 runs and has 128 wickets to his credit.

3. James Taylor

Unfortunately, James Taylor’s career saw a sad and sudden ending as he was forced to retire in April 2016 at the age of 26.  He was diagnosed with a serious but rare heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). This disease can be life threatnening if vigorous exercise is done. He played  Tests and 27 ODIs for England.

James born in 1990 and made his first-class debut in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impacts in his first season itself. He was the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009, Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire’s history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season.