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Daniel Vettori announces retirement from international cricket
Auckland: Known as a magical left-arm bowler and New Zealand’s leading wicket-taker, Spinner Daniel Vettori announced his retirement from international cricket today.
Vettori took 15 wickets at 20.46 throughout the tournament with an economy rate of 4.04.
He said, “It was my last game for New Zealand so it was a lovely way to finish,” he told reporters at Auckland airport.
“It would have been great to win but I’m pretty proud of everyone and the way they’ve gone about things for the last six weeks.”
Along with Vettori, several top cricketerslike Australia’s Michael Clarke, Sri Lanka pair Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, Zimbabwe batsman Brendon Taylor and Pakistan duo Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi also announced their retirement.
“To be able to finish in the final, albeit without a win, I’m just very grateful for the amount of support I had particularly from Brendon (McCullum) and Mike (Hesson, the coach),” he added.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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