New Delhi. A big news is coming out from the cricket world. In fact, Eoin Morgan, the dashing batsman and former captain who won the 2019 World Cup to the England team, has surprised everyone by suddenly retiring. On Monday, 36-year-old Morgan announced his retirement through social media. In his tweet, he told that he is retiring from all formats of cricket. Eoin Morgan has written a letter in his tweet. He also wrote some emotional things in this letter. Along with this, the former captain also thanked his fellow players, coaches, fans through this letter.
England’s 2019 World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan announced retirement from all forms of cricket. pic.twitter.com/KIFVghPW7f
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) February 13, 2023
Significantly, earlier the former captain of the English team had said goodbye to international cricket in the year 2022. However, after this he continued to play T20 cricket format. Morgan is counted among a good batsman and successful captain. But today he surprised his fans by taking a sudden retirement from all formats of this cricket. Also, now he will not be seen hitting fours and sixes in the cricket field.
— Eoin Morgan (@Eoin16) February 13, 2023
Let us tell you that Eoin Morgan was given the command of the English team in the year 2014. After getting the captaincy, he took the team to the top. Under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan, the English team was the runner-up in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Along with this, the team had entered the Champions Trophy played in 2017 and the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2021. Under his captaincy, England won the 2019 World Cup title.
Looking back at his cricket career, Morgan scored 7,701 runs in 248 ODIs for the English team at an average of 39.29. Also, 2,458 hits in 115 T20s. On the other hand, if we look at Test cricket, nothing much could be done in this format. Morgan added 700 runs in 16 Tests at an average of 30.43.
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Our greatest EVER white-ball captain!#ThankYouMorgs pic.twitter.com/RwiJ40DiQS
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) February 13, 2023