International Cricket: The month of August and especially the last one week has been full of big decisions in international cricket, where on one hand BCCI secretary Jay Shah has been appointed as the new chairman of the ICC, while on the other hand within this one week many cricketers have announced their retirement one after the other. Just a few days ago, Team India’s legendary batsman Shikhar Dhawan had said goodbye to his international career.
In 7 days, 4 players said goodbye to international cricket
After Shikhar Dhawan’s retirement from international cricket, within a week, 3 more players decided to retire. Along with this, during this one week, 4 big giants of international cricket have decided to retire. So let us tell you which 4 players said goodbye to international cricket in the last 7 days
1 Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan, a veteran batsman of the Indian cricket team, recently announced his retirement from international cricket. Shikhar Dhawan had been playing international cricket for India for the last 14 years, in which he did a tremendous job. Talking about Dhawan, he was not able to play since December 2022, so he decided to retire. Dhawan scored more than 10 thousand runs in a total of 269 matches in all three formats for India.
2. Shannon Graybeal
West Indies cricket team’s fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has recently retired from international cricket. Shannon Gabriel’s international career lasted 12 years and he has performed brilliantly for West Indies, especially in Test cricket. If we look at the career of this Caribbean bowler, he played 86 matches in all three formats for West Indies before retiring at the age of 36, in which he registered more than 200 wickets to his name.
3. David Malan
England’s legendary opening batsman David Malan suddenly retired from international cricket this week. This legendary England player got a chance to debut for England in the year 2017. After which he played in all three formats. He made a great contribution for England and was also the number-1 batsman in T20 International cricket. David Malan played his last match for England in 2023, after which he could not make a comeback. Eventually he retired. Talking about Malan, he played 22 Tests, 30 ODIs and 62 T20 International matches for England.
4. Barinder Saran
Fast bowler Barinder Sran, who impressed everyone with his performance in the Indian Premier League, got a chance to play in the Indian cricket team. Barinder Sran, who made his debut in the Indian team in 2016, got a chance to play 6 ODIs and 2 T20 International matches and he was not getting a chance in Team India for the last 8 years. Finally, after such a long wait, he decided to say goodbye to his international career.
