Shane Watson Announced His Retirement From All Forms Of Cricket | Thank You Watson

Shane Watson couldn't say goodbye to the Cricket from ground

Shane Watson, the Australian player who made Chennai Super Kings the champion with his class batting in 2018, has retired. This veteran Australian player will no longer play in the IPL or in any cricket formats. Shane Watson could not do anything special in this league. Shane Watson has scored 299 runs in 11 matches at an average of just 29.90. Shane Watson's bat scored 2 fifties and his strike rate was 121.05. Shane Watson's not good performance was overshadowed by the CSK management and as a result, he could not make it to the IPL 2020 playoffs for the 1st time.

The big thing is that a valuable all-rounder like Shane Watson could not say goodbye to cricket from the ground. CSK did not give Watson a place in the playing XI of their last league match (IPL 2020). Watson played his last IPL match against KKR on 29 October 2020.

According to the reports, Chennai Super Kings management was also not aware that Shane Watson is going to say goodbye to cricket after this season. Tell that Chennai Superkings bought Watson in the year 2018, at that time he said goodbye to international cricket.

Shane Watson's IPL Career

Shane Watson's IPL career was phenomenal, representing Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). This player scored 3874 runs in 145 matches at an excellent average of 30.99. Watson scored 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries in the IPL.

Shane Watson was a big match player

If Shane Watson is included in the biggest match-winner players of IPL history then it will not be wrong. In the 2008 IPL semi-final, Watson made an innings of 52 runs to lead Rajasthan Royals to the final. Watson scored an unbeaten 117 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 final. In 2019, he scored 50 runs in a qualifier match against Delhi Capitals. In the final of IPL 2019, Watson had scored an innings of 80 runs but Chennai Super Kings lost the IPL final by just 1 run.