New Delhi. Ahead of the World Cup, the Australian cricket team has suffered a major setback. Team captain Aaron Finch has surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from ODI cricket. After this announcement, Aaron Finch will be seen leading the team for the last time in the third ODI against New Zealand a day later i.e. on September 11. Let us tell you, Aaron Finch has announced his retirement due to his poor form. For a long time, Australian captain Aaron Finch was facing a lot of difficulties in scoring runs. Looking at his performance, in the last 7 innings, only 26 runs have been scored from his bat. However, even after the announcement of retirement, he will be seen leading the Australian team in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022.
A day later, Aaron Finch will take to the field to play his 146th and final ODI match, going to be held at the Kajlis Stadium in Cairns on Sunday. In this way, this match will be his 54th match as captain in this format.
How has Aaron Finch’s ODI career been?
If we look at Aaron Finch’s ODI career, in 145 matches played so far, Finch has scored 5401 runs at an average of 39.14. The player has a record 17 centuries in this format. Apart from this, Aaron Finch is also the batsman who has scored the most centuries for Australia after Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh and David Warner. Finch has touched the 100 mark the most 29 times in this format, while David Warner and Mark Waugh are above Finch with 18-18 centuries.
JUST IN: Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from ODI cricket.
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) September 9, 2022
2023 ODI World Cup was told the final target
Remember that team captain Aaron Finch had told the 2023 ODI World Cup as his ultimate goal, but due to his poor form, he had to retire from this format before that. Finch, who made his ODI debut in 2013, said, “It has been a wonderful journey with some incredible memories. I have been extremely fortunate to be part of some great ODI teams. Equally, I have been blessed by everyone I have played with and many people behind the scenes. I thank all those who have helped and supported me in my journey to this point.”