Big news is coming from the South African cricket team. Let us tell you that the experienced wicketkeeper batsman of the South African team, Heinrich Klaasen, has announced his retirement from cricket today, on June 2. Klaasen has surprised everyone by retiring from cricket at the age of just 33. Currently, he is one of the explosive batsmen in T20 cricket.
At the same time, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has also shared a post on its official X account regarding the retirement of Heinrich Klaasen. In this post, he wrote-
Heinrich Klaasen has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket, bringing an end to his illustrious seven-year career with the Proteas men. Klaasen, 33, on Monday announced that he will step away from white-ball formats after retiring from red-ball cricket in 2024.
Klaasen made his One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) debuts in the summer of 2018 and established himself as one of the most destructive white-ball players of his generation.
See this post of Cricket South Africa
A look at Heinrich Klaasen’s cricket career
Well, let us tell you about the cricket career of 33-year-old Heinrich Klaasen. Before retiring from international cricket, he played 4 Tests, 60 ODIs, and 58 T20 matches for the South African national team.
During this period, Klaasen scored 104 runs in Tests at an average of 13 and a strike rate of 45.22, 2141 runs in ODIs at an average of 43.69 and a strike rate of 117.06, and 1000 runs in T20Is at an average of 23.26 and a strike rate of 141.85. Klaasen scored 4 centuries and 11 half-centuries in ODIs, while fans were impressed by the fact that he played 5 half-century innings in T20 International cricket.
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