Cricket / South African Dwayne Pretorius announced his retirement from international cricket

Dwayne Pretorius announced his retirement: South African star all-rounder from South Africa has said goodbye to international cricket. Due to this, a wave of despair has run among the fans.

Pretorius, who played 30 T20s, 27 ODIs and 3 Test matches for South Africa, played his last international match against India in October last year. In the third T20 match of the series played in Indore, Pretorius was dismissed by Surya for 8 runs. Announcing his retirement, the South African all-rounder said that he wants to concentrate on T20 and other short formats for the rest of his career.

Part of 2 World Cups

Pretorius has played 2 World Cups for South Africa. His name also holds the record for the best bowling in International T20 cricket from South Africa. Pretorius took 5 wickets for 17 runs against Pakistan. Pretorius said that free agent will help me to become the best shot format player, I can do this. With this, I can create balance in my career and personal life. Pretorius was South Africa's first choice all-rounder in the T20 World Cup played last year, but he got injured before the tournament started.

Will be seen in IPL

Pretorius took a total of 7 wickets in 3 Test matches for South Africa. And took 35 wickets in 27 ODIs. He also took 35 wickets in 30 T20 matches. Pretorius will be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL this year. He has said goodbye to international cricket, but the coming time is going to be very busy for him. The SA20 league will run till 11 February. After that he will be busy in IPL. Then in August, The Hundred League will be played.