5 Retired Cricketers Who Can Still Rock The Stage If Returned To International Cricket
Published - 05 Sep 2019, 04:27 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:01 AM
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5 Retired Cricketers Who Can Still Rock The Stage If Returned To International Cricket,??Perhaps, retirement is the only word, which never went down well with the fans. They always want their favourite heroes to play for the country and perform on a consistent basis. However, for various reasons, the respective individuals will call curtains on their career.
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There are few cricketers, who like to continue their game in franchise cricket while there are few, who loves to play domestic cricket. Meanwhile, we filtered out 5 cricketers, who called curtains on their career but still got a lot of juice in them to make things fall in place at the highest level of the game.
5 Retired Cricketers Who Can Still Rock The Stage:
5. Shane Watson:
The Australian all-rounder showed the world that he is still capable of delivering goods for his side. On his day, Shane Watson can single-handedly take the game away from the opposition with his brilliant hitting.
Arguably the finest limited-overs all-rounder of the modern era, Shane Watson is the ideal package for white-ball cricket. He had the power game, could handle pace and spin with equal ease apart from being a clever medium-pacer himself.
Following retirement, Watson stunned everyone with his blitz. Not only in IPL but across the world, Watson showed that he still got the game to compete at the highest level. One of the great advantages of having Watson is that he can bat at any position and can bowl under pressure.
4. Brendon McCullum:
Yeah, McCullum is still a better opening batsman in the shorter formats of the game than many youngsters out there. He recently called curtains from all forms of game and entered into coaching section. However, he can still whack the ball right from the word go with his flamboyant attacking skills.
One of the fittest cricketers of the modern age, McCullum became the first player to make 100 consecutive Test appearances from his debut. He announced his retirement in the Christchurch Test against Australia in February 2016 at the age of 35. Following that, he continued to play a T20 format across the globe for 2 years.
Currently, he took a coaching role for KKR and Trinbago in CPL. The flamboyant batsman can easily fit into the current New Zealand team, who are being troubled with the lacklustre show of openers.
3. Hashim Amla:
The 36-year old Hashim Amla has got class with him to play across the formats for South Africa. However, he chose to leave it for the sake of youngsters. Amla has got the goods to deliver across the formats for his country facing the best of the bowlers.
He is one of the few cricketers, who was on a mission to break the records created by Virat Kohli. Despite his magnificent record in Tests, he was always thought to be unsuitable to the shorter formats of the game, but he proved that wrong with his majestic knocks.
Amla retires from the sport after having played 124 Tests, 181 ODIs and 44 T20 internationals for the Proteas. Amla amassed 9282 runs in Tests at an average of 46.64 with 28 centuries and 41 fifties while in ODIs he scored 8113 runs at 49.46 with 27 centuries and 39 half-centuries. All those numbers will certainly say why Amla is named in this list.
2. Dwayne Bravo:
Bravo would easily walk into any team across the world, in fact, in any format of the game as well. He got the knack of picking wickets at crucial times and also got the ability to turn the complexion of the match with his blistering striking.
Bravo, regarded as one of the most gifted all-rounders the game has seen, made his international debut in 2004 and played 40 Tests, 164 ODIs and 66 T20Is. He last played an international match, a T20I match, more than two years ago against Pakistan in September 2016.
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He was expected to play ICC World Cup 2019 but unfortunately, the disputes between him and the board never settled. Eventually, Bravo took retirement to extend his life in franchise cricket. He is still a great all-rounder, who can just walk into the team for West Indies on any day.
1. AB de Villiers:
The world cricket shook with the retirement news of AB de Villiers. Especially, the time of his retirement is a shock to the world, who believes that AB de Villiers would play to his best in the world cup.
The 34-year-old former South African skipper said his tired body was no longer in a position to take the difficulties of international cricket after a staggering 420 matches across three formats with over 20,000 runs and 47 centuries.
Well, there are a few headlines, which showcase that AB de Villiers was interested in making a comeback to the team. His interest to make a comeback itself shows that he still got the calibre to rock the stage at the highest level of the game. Currently, he is one of the sought-after players in franchise cricket across the globe.
