After Glenn Maxwell, South Africa’s explosive wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen has announced his retirement from international cricket. Klaasen retired from Test cricket in January last year. He played only 4 matches in his red-ball career in which he could score only 104 runs. Now he has also retired from ODI and T20 formats.
Why did Heinrich Klaasen retire?
He announced his retirement by sharing a photo with his family on Instagram.
“It is a sad day for me as I announce that I have decided to step away from international cricket. It took me a long time to decide what’s best for me and my family for the future. It was truly a very difficult decision but also one that I have absolute peace with.
From the first day, it was the biggest privilege representing my country and it was everything that I have worked for and dreamed about as a young boy.
I have made great friendships and relationships that I will treasure for life. Playing for the Proteas gave me the opportunity to meet great people that changed my life, and to those people I can’t say thank you enough. My road to wearing the Proteas shirt was different than most and there were certain coaches in my career that kept believing in me – to them I will always be grateful.
To have played with the Proteas badge on my chest was and will always be the biggest honour in my career.
I look forward to spending more time with my family as this decision will allow me to do so.
I will always be a big Proteas supporter and would like to thank everyone that supported me and my teammates during my career.”
Also Read: Why did Glenn Maxwell retire from ODI cricket?
Heinrich Klaasen ODIs and T20I Career
Klaasen made his ODI debut against India in 2018. In his ODI career, he scored 2141 runs in 60 matches at an average of 43.69. During this, he scored 4 centuries and 11 half-centuries.
In T20, he scored 1000 runs in 58 matches at an average of 23.26 and scored 5 half-centuries.
