The career of these cricketers got a break in 2022
The year 2022 has been great for cricket. The England team won the T20 World Cup title for the second time, while the Sri Lankan team became the Asia champions. Apart from this, there were some players of the cricket world who said goodbye to their brilliant career.
Suresh Raina will not play any kind of cricket in India
The first name in this list is of Suresh Raina of India. Raina has been one of the most successful players of Team India. Although Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket in the year 2020 itself, but after two years he decided to quit all forms of cricket so that he could play in foreign leagues.
Bravo also stopped his career
Dwayne Bravo of the West Indies has been counted among the most successful all-rounders in the world. Apart from the West Indies, Bravo has shown his mettle in T20 leagues around the world but in the year 2022, he said goodbye to all forms of cricket.
Uthappa will increase career in commentary
India’s wicket-keeper batsman Robin Uthappa also said the same international and domestic cricket completely bye-bye. He had not played for Team India for a long time. Although he was fully active in the IPL, he announced his retirement from this league as well. Uthappa is now pursuing his career in commentary.
Retired after the release of Mumbai Indians
Kieron Pollard has been one of the dashing players of the West Indies who was a terror for the opposition bowlers. However, for a long time he was struggling with his form due to which he could not find a place in the national team and he announced his retirement from international cricket. Apart from this, Mumbai Indians also decided to release him in IPL, after which Pollard announced his retirement from this league as well.
Morgan also said goodbye to all forms of cricket
Captain Eoin Morgan, who won England the ODI World Cup title, also decided to retire this year due to continuous poor form. Along with this, Morgan distanced himself from all types of franchise cricket.
Ben Stokes also retired
England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes retired from the ODI format this year. Stokes argued that due to continuous cricket, he could not play all three formats, due to which he retired from ODIs, although Stokes continued to play in Tests and T20s.
Finch will not play in ODIs
Former Australia captain Aaron Finch also decided to retire from ODI cricket citing his poor health. Finch was proving to be a consistent flop for Australia due to which he decided to stick to T20s and Tests only.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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