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Brendon McCullum announced retirement from all forms of cricket

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Legendary New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum announced retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday. He is currently busy with Global T20 Canada 2019 and this will be the last venture.
Although he was signed for the inaugural version of Euro T20 Slam, he hoped that the franchise would understand and respect his decision.
McCullum had taken retirement from an international career in 2015 but was a familiar face in T20 cricket across the globe. His attacking playing style made his T20 stints successful in all limited over leagues.
His appearances in the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash, Lahore Qalandars in the PSL and Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL have gave some of the glorious moments to cricket.
The first match of IPL saw him kicking off the showpiece event with a 73-ball 158 for Kolkata. That was a hint of McCullum’s upcoming fearsome career with these cricket leagues worldwide.
The name in white-ball cricket for New Zealand scored 6083 runs in 228 ODI innings with a strike rate of 96.37. In 71 Twenty 20 matches he scored 2140 runs with a massive strike rate of 136.
He, inclusive of all leagues has so far accumulated 9922 runs from 370 games and still counting. He is currently second in the list of highest T20 run-aggregators of all-time, with only Chris Gayle ahead of him.
He was unsold at the IPL auction in 2018. In February 2019 he ended his BBL career even after having a smashing season with 302 runs in 13 innings.
But he was keen on playing in T20 and accordingly got associated with Glasgow Giants for the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam a couple of weeks ago as one of their icon players.
But Then on Monday all of a sudden he took to twitter and announced, “I now won’t be playing in the Euro T20 Slam and I sincerely thank the organizers for their support and understanding of my decision.”
He also said, “My style of cricket has always been full noise, full throttle. From Culling Park to Lord’s and everything in between, there have been some wonderful memories. Unfortunately, the sacrifices needed and commitment required to play that type of cricket have now become too great.”
Baz, who was a key reason behind New Zealand’s 2015 World Cup journey to the final expressed his pride for wearing the ‘black cap’. “With New Zealand, we broke boundaries and established a style of play that earned us respect across the world. In T20 cricket, I’ve enjoyed so many varied challenges, I can leave the game knowing I left no stone unturned.”
 

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