Breaking: South Africa’s Dwayne Pretorius announce retirement from International cricket
In a surprising turn of events, South African allrounder Dwayne Pretorius has announced his retirement from all format of International cricket with immediate effect.
The 33-year-old who represents Chennai Super Kings in IPL has made a shocking statement regarding his cricketing future. And this news has left everyone in shock.
Pretorius took it to social media to announce his retirement from international cricket. He cited his reason behind the same being his desire to become best shortest format player.
Dwayne Pretorius announce retirement from International Cricket
“I am shifting my focus to T20 and other shorter formats for the rest of my career. Being a free agent will help me achieve the goal of being the best short format player I can be. By doing this, I will be able to have a better balance in my career and family life.I would like to thank everyone who played a big role in my career”
Pretorius made his Protean debut in 2016 in the shortest format. And has played a total of 30 T20Is and 27 Odis as well as three tests. He has 77 wickets to his name across all formats.
In the last six years he managed to represent South Africa in 2 ODIs. This number could have been 3 had he not picked up a niggle ahead of 2022 T20 World Cup. Perhaps this injury forced to rethink his strategy going forward in his career. And the player has made up his mind to play in just franchise cricket.
Further, Pretorius also praised his former captain Faf du Plessis in the statement. “A special mention goes to Faf Du Plessis, who brought me back after being let go from the international side the first time and who backed me and helped me become a better player; thank you,” he added.
Pretorius was one of the best death bowling specialist. He holds the best figures for South Africa in T20Is with 5 for 17 against Pakistan. Furthermore, he is also a handy batter with a strike rate of 164 in T20Is.
