Rahul Tiwari
khelja|02-07-2024
T20 World Cup: After the Indian cricket team won the T20 World Cup, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli announced their retirement from T20I. The day after winning the T20 World Cup, Indian cricket team veteran spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja announced his retirement from T20 International cricket.
Ravindra Jadeja had announced his retirement by writing a post on his Instagram. However, the trend of retirement that started with Virat Kohli is not coming to an end. Now another player who played the final has decided to retire.
After captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja retired from T20 International after the T20 World Cup final, South African cricket team wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has also announced his retirement.
Actually, Quinton de Kock has already retired from Test cricket and ODIs and before the T20 World Cup, he had indicated that he might also retire from T20I after the World Cup. In such a situation, it is possible that soon he too will officially announce his retirement from T20I. If de Kock does this, then he will completely say goodbye to international cricket.
Wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has participated in 54 Test matches for South Africa, in which he has scored 3300 runs at a batting average of 38.82. During this, he has played 6 centuries and 22 half-century innings. In ODI cricket, de Kock has scored 6770 runs in 155 ODIs for South Africa at an average of 45.74.
During this time, he has played 21 centuries and 30 half-century innings. While Quinton de Kock has scored 2584 runs in 92 matches in T20 International at an average of 31.51 and a strike rate of more than 138.
At the same time, Quinton de Kock has participated in 107 matches in the Indian Premier League and during this time, playing for different franchises, he has scored 3157 runs at a batting average of more than 31 and a strike rate of more than 134.