Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura to bid adieu to international cricket after Pakistan T20Is
Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura will name curtains to his 16-year-long worldwide profession on the finish of the continuing three-match T20I collection towards Pakistan.
The Zimbabwe Cricket took to its official Twitter deal with to substantiate that the 34-year-old will finish his profession with the nationwide aspect following the continuing tour of Pakistan.
The nation’s cricket board additionally listed down the cricket stats of Chigumbura thus far.
“Former @ZimCricketv captain Elton Chigumbura is set to retire from international cricket at the end of the current @TheRealPCB tour. He has made 213 ODI and 14 Test appearances, with 54 T20Is under his belt before the start of his swansong seriesm,” the board tweeted.
Former @ZimCricketv captain Elton Chigumbura is about to retire from worldwide cricket on the finish of the present @TheRealPCB tour. He has made 213 ODI and 14 Test appearances, with 54 T20Is underneath his belt earlier than the beginning of his swansong collection#ThankYouElty | #VisitZimbabwe pic.twitter.com/ah9ukP3mbJ
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) November 7, 2020
According to Zimbabwe Cricket, Chigumbura is retiring from the worldwide area as a result of “injuries had continued to take a toll” and as a way to “pave the way for young blood in the national side”, BBC reported.
The all-rounder made his worldwide debut with a One-Day International (ODI) towards Sri Lanka in April 2004.
Since then, he has ammassed 569 runs and bagged 21 wickets in 14 matches he performed for Zimbabwe within the longest format of the sport. Chigumbura additionally notched up 4,340 runs and 101 wickets in 213 ODIs and 844 runs and 14 wickets in 54 matches within the shortest format of the sport.
Besides this, Chigumbura–who has additionally performed county cricket for English aspect Northamptonshire– has additionally led the nationwide aspect on 80 events.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe all-rounder is just the second participant from his nation after Grant Flower to attain the double of 4,000 runs and 100 wickets within the 50-over format.
On a associated word, Zimbabwe are trailing 0-1 within the ongoing three-match T20I collection towards Pakistan after slumping to a six-wicket defeat within the opening match on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
The second and third T20I between the 2 sides will happen on Sunday (November 8) and Tuesday (November 10).
Earlier, Zimbabwe misplaced the three-match ODI collection towards Pakistan by 1-2.
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