June 2, Heinrich Klaasen Retirement: I don’t know what has happened at this time, one after the other cricketers are announcing retirement. Recently, a batsman who played a brilliant innings in the IPL has also decided to retire. We are talking about Heinrich Klaasen, one of South Africa’s brilliant and explosive batsmen, who has surprised everyone by announcing this on social media.
Klaasen said goodbye to international cricket
Heinrich Klaasen made a big announcement on social media a short while ago. He made it clear that he is now announcing his retirement from international cricket. He has already decided not to play cricket. He played an explosive innings in the last match for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, although the team was already out of the tournament.
He had hit a blistering century in his last IPL match
In his last IPL match played against Delhi Capitals, Klaasen played a blistering innings of 105 runs in just 39 balls. It included seven fours and 9 sixes. However, the team was already out, so this victory did not have any effect on his team. Before this season’s IPL, SRH had retained him for Rs 23 crore. Although his entire season did not go very well, but he played a tremendous innings in the last match.
What did Klaasen say on retirement?
Heinrich Klaasen wrote a long post on social media. In this, Klaasen said that this is a sad day for him, as he is announcing that he has decided to stay away from international cricket. He says that it took him a lot of time to decide what would be best for him and the family in the future. It was indeed a very difficult decision, but he is completely satisfied. Klaasen said that from day one, representing my country was the biggest honour for me and it was everything I had worked for and dreamed about as a youth.
Proud to play in South Africa’s jersey
Klaasen said that he has made great friendships and relationships that he will cherish for the rest of his life. Playing for South Africa gave him the opportunity to meet great people who changed his life and no amount of thanks to those people would be enough. His journey of wearing the team’s shirt was different from others and there were some coaches in his career who kept the faith. Playing with the Proteas badge on his chest was the biggest honour of his career and will always be.
How are Klaasen’s figures in international cricket
Heinrich Klaasen is only 33 years old and no one is able to understand his retirement. Klaasen has scored 104 runs in four Tests for South Africa, while he has scored 2141 runs in 60 ODIs. If we talk about T20 International, he has scored 1000 runs in 58 matches. Klaasen is also very good in IPL, he has been successful in playing many important and destructive innings.
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