New Delhi, June 11 -- India's Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant penned a heartfelt note for his Lucknow Super Giants teammate and friend Nicholas Pooran, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket.

The former West Indies T20I captain continued the trend of retirements this year after he bid adieu to the international circuit on Tuesday. The 29-year-old, the West Indies' most capped player and top run-scorer in the T20Is, described his decision as "difficult".

Pooran shares the same dressing room with Pant in the cash-rich IPL and has a close bond with the Indian southpaw off the field. Pant wished the "absolute powerhouse" success on the road ahead of him and congratulated him for everything that he achieved with the ...