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Shane Watson Receives Heartwarming Tributes After Retirement
By CricShots - Nov 3, 2020 8:22 pm
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Fans are recalling their favorite moments from the illustrious career of the Australian all-rounder, Shane Watson, who officially announced retirement from all forms of the game. Watson, via a video message, said he’s retiring knowing that his last game was for his ‘beloved CSK’ as he thanked the franchise for the faith they reposed in him.

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On his Youtube Channel – T20 Stars, Watson was heard saying, “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 want to play cricket for Australia’.  Now as I officially announce my retirement from all cricket, I feel crazily lucky to have lived out my dream and then some.”

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He further added, “It really does feel like the right time knowing I played my last game of cricket ever for my beloved CSK who have been so incredibly good to me over the last three years. To think I’m finishing up my playing days as a 39-year-old after all of my injury setbacks along the way, I feel so ridiculously fortunate.”

 

In the illustrious career of 145 IPL matches, Shane Watson scored 3874 runs and scalped as many as 92 wickets as well. He also scored four centuries and 21 half-centuries. He’s the only cricketer in IPL history so far to have scored more than 2000 runs and taken 50-plus wickets as well.

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Watson played his last competitive match on October 29 in the IPL 2020 when the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locked horns with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He had a forgettable outing in the 13th edition of the tournament as he only managed to score 299 runs in 11 games at a below-par strike-rate (by his standards) of 121.05.

Tributes are pouring in from all around on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/DHONIism/status/1323243387223334913?s=20