In a shocking development for cricket fans, former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Tuesday announced retirement from all forms of cricket, ending a 20 year long illustrious career during which he was one of the world’s premier white-ball all-rounders.
The Australian all-rounder had already ended his international career in March 2016 and had only been playing in overseas T20 leagues.
“It all started out as a dream, as a young kid, saying to my mum as I watched a Test match as a five-year-old, ‘I wanna play cricket for Australia.’ And now as I officially announce my retirement from all cricket, I feel crazily lucky to have lived out my dream, and then some,” the all-rounder said on his YouTube channel T20 Stars.
Watson confirmed that the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on October 29 was his last game of cricket.
“It…