With Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 adventure coming to an end, top Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Tuesday announced his retirement from competitive cricket.
The 39-year-old Shane Watson retired from international cricket in 2016 and bid adieu to the Australian Big Bash league last year.
“It all started as a dream as a young kid saying to my Mum, as I watched a Test match, that I want to play for Australia. Now as I officially announce my retirement from all cricket I feel crazily lucky to live my dream,” Shane Watson said in a video posted on his Twitter handle.
“This closing chapter is going to be so hard to top, but I am going to try. I truly am forever grateful to have lived this amazing dream. Now onto the next exciting one…,” Watson said.
He also stated, “To think that I am finishing up my playing days as a 39-years-old after all of my injury setbacks that I had along the way, I feel so ridiculously fortunate.”
Watson played 59 Tests, 190 ODIs and 58 T20Is at the international level. A sought-after player in the T20 format, Watson has 3874 runs in 145 IPL games with four hundreds and 21 fifties. He also has 92 wickets.
