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T20 World Cup 2024 is starting from next month i.e. 2nd June. Big news is coming out before this tournament. This news can be a big blow for the Zimbabwe team. Recently, Zimbabwe's star all-rounder Sean Williams has announced his retirement from T20 format. Recently, Zimbabwe had lost 4-1 in the T20 series against Bangladesh. Now after this defeat, the retirement of Sean Williams is being considered as a big blow for the Zimbabwe cricket team. If media reports are to be believed, Sean Williams will continue to play in ODI and Test formats.
In which respect is Sean Williams ahead of legends like Rohit-Kohli, Gayle and Dhoni?
Sean Williams has a record in his name which even great players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Chris Gayle could not achieve. Actually, Sean Williams is the second longest playing international T20 player. This player's international T20 career lasted 17 years and 166 days. Only Shakib Al Hasan has played more T20 International matches than Sean Williams. However, Rohit Sharma and Mahmudullah are in the 17th year while Virat Kohli is in the 14th year. In such a situation, these players have a chance to overtake Sean Williams, but at present he is on top.
How was Sean Williams' international T20 career?
If we look at the international T20 career of Sean Williams, this player represented Zimbabwe in 81 matches. In which this player as a batsman has scored 1691 runs at a strike rate of 126.38. Apart from this, Sean Williams has 48 wickets in his name in international T20 matches. Sean Williams made his T20 debut for Zimbabwe on 28 November 2006. He played the last T20 against Bangladesh in Khulna. Thus, the career of the Zimbabwean legend spanned 17 years.