Clarke, who is just four days short of his 34th birthday, has played 244 ODIs till now scoring 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with eight hundreds and 57 half-centuries. He will, however, continue to play for Australia in Test format.
The stylish right-hander, who has been under immense pressure to hold his place in the ODI side, announced his retirement at the pre-match media conference here today.
"I just found out that tomorrow will be my 245th one-day game for Australia. It's certainly been an honour and a privilege to represent my country for that amount of games, and I'm extremely grateful and thankful to every single player I've been lucky enough to play with, and this team is certainly no exception to that," said Clarke who has played 244 ODIs for Australia and made 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with eight hundreds and 57 half-centuries.
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Clarke led his country in 73 ODIs, of which Australia won 49. In 108 Tests he played so far, Clarke has scored 8432 runs at an average of 50.79 with 28 hundreds and 27 half centuries.
Clarke has been ravaged by injury in recent months and he underwent surgery after playing in the first Test of the four-match series against India in Adelaide in December last.
Even his participation in the World Cup was in doubt but the selectors gave him time to be fit by the second group match against Bangladesh. Eventually, he regained full fitness and led the side admirably well so far though he has not been in the best of form with the bat.