Players: New Zealand cricket has suffered a big setback as the batsman who scored 16,000 runs for them has announced his retirement. Let us tell you that this player considered India's legendary batsman Virat Kohli as his idol.

Not only this, this player has played against Virat Kohli in the Under-19 World Cup and now he has announced his retirement. He played the Under-19 World Cup for the Kiwi team in 2008, which India won under Virat's captaincy.

George Worker announced his retirement

Actually, New Zealand's experienced player George Worker has now said goodbye to international cricket. He played some matches for his national team from 2015 to 2018 and since then he was not being selected in the team for the last 6 years and now he has announced his retirement.

Worker played 10 ODIs for his team, in which he scored 272 runs at an average of 34 and hit 3 half-centuries. Apart from this, he got a chance to play 2 T20 matches, in which he scored 92 runs with the help of a half-century and after that he did not get a chance to play for his team.

Virat Kohli was out

Let us tell you that Worker was a part of the Under-19 World Cup 2008 team and in this tournament, Team India was captained by Virat Kohli, while the Kiwi team was led by Kane Williamson.

He also dismissed Kohli during the match played against India in this World Cup.

George Worker has scored more than 16 thousand runs

In fact, this player may not have got many opportunities in international cricket but he earned a lot of fame in domestic cricket and scored more than 16 thousand runs. Worker played a total of 126 first class matches in his career, in which he scored 6400 runs at an average of about 30.

Apart from this, he scored 6721 runs in 169 List A matches at an average of 43.64. During this, 18 centuries and 37 half-centuries came from his bat, while he also scored 3480 runs in T-20 cricket and in this way he scored a total of more than 16 thousand runs in his career.