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Trent Boult Took Retirement: Trent Bolt, who dismissed Rohit Sharma 8 times and Virat Kohli 6 times, has announced his retirement from international cricket. New Zealand veteran Trent Bolt played his last match in the T20 World Cup against Papua New Guinea. After New Zealand's exit from the Super-8 of the T20 World Cup, Bolt announced that this is his last T20 World Cup. After this he will not play in this format. Bolt took 2 wickets in the last match against Papua New Guinea.
Bolt has had an amazing career
Trent Bolt's retirement will affect New Zealand's bowling attack. Which is difficult to compensate. Bolt is one of the best bowlers in the world who is known for taking wickets in the very first over. Another specialty of Bolt was that he always took the wicket of a legendary batsman early. In the Indian team, Bolt has dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara the most number of times. Bolt and Rohit Sharma faced each other 20 times in international matches. In which Bolt dismissed Rohit 8 times. While Kohli was made his victim 6 times in 27 matches.
Talking about the World Cup, players like Root, Alastair Cook, Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock have been Bolt's favorite targets. Boult has dismissed Joe Root 13 times, Jonny Bairstow 10 times and Alastair Cook 9 times in international cricket (all three formats). He has taken 317 wickets in Test matches. He has 211 wickets in ODI cricket. He has taken 83 wickets in 61 T20 international matches.
Bolt had hinted at retirement
Trent Bolt had hinted at retirement 2 years ago. He rejected New Zealand Cricket's offer of an annual contract. After this, Bolt played only in important series for New Zealand. That is why he was criticized for this. But in his defense, supporters said that Bolt is constantly struggling with injuries and he needs to stay away from Test and ODI formats to prolong his career. According to this, Bolt should stay away from ODIs and Test matches. So that his cricket career can last longer.