South Africa opener Hashim Amla on Thursday declared his retirement from all types of universal cricket. Amla played 124 Tests and 181 One Day International (ODI) matches for South Africa. He spoke to South Africa in 44 Twenty20 Internationals also. Amla last played for South Africa during the World Cup 2019. Affirming Amla’s choice, Cricket South Africa tweeted, “@amlahash today called time on one of the extraordinary worldwide vocations of the cutting edge period when he declared his retirement from all arrangements of global cricket. He will keep on being accessible for local cricket just as the Mzansi Super League.”
Amla amassed 9,282 keeps running in 215 innings of 124 Test matches at a normal of 46.64. He likewise indented up 28 centuries and four twofold hundreds.
Viewed as a Test batsman in the underlying piece of his vocation, Amla had a productive ODI profession as he completed with 8,113 runs, with the assistance of 27 centuries and 39 half-hundreds of years in 181 matches.
Amla, be that as it may, neglected to intrigue in the World Cup 2019 as he oversaw just 203 keeps running in seven association stage matches, with his most noteworthy score being 80 not out against Sri Lanka in their last match.
Amla is the second South African cricketer to report his retirement inside three days as quick bowler Dale Steyn had called time on his Test profession on Monday.
While Steyn’s retirement was distinctly from the longest configuration, Amla has chosen to call time on all types of worldwide cricket, just making himself accessible for household cricket and the Mzansi Super League – South Africa’s new T20 alliance.