KS Bharat Retirement: Indian wicketkeeper batsman KS Bharat (Kona Srikar Bharat) has announced his retirement from international cricket. At the age of just 32, KL Bharat has said goodbye to international cricket. There was little hope that Bharat would retire from international cricket so soon. Let us tell you that he was not getting a chance to play in Team India. Even if I got a place in the team, I did not get a chance to play in the playing 11. Team India will play the only test match against Afghanistan from June 6. Even for this test match, KS Bharat has not got a place in the squad of Team India.
KS Bharat took retirement from international cricket
KS Bharat informed about his retirement by sharing a post on his social media account Instagram. He wrote in his post, “With a heart full of pride and a sense of gratitude, I announce my retirement from international cricket. Playing for my country has been the greatest honor of my life. My journey required immense resilience and strength, but the honor of representing India in Test matches was worth every single moment. In a family of 4, we all were living the same dream for the last two decades. My sister, mother and father are blessed with the environment and support they have created for me. I am deeply thankful to the system for being the result of their love, discipline and hard work.”
KS Bharat became the 304th player to play Test for India.
KS Bharat has also written thanks BCCI in his post along with the Indian flag logo. Not only this, he has also written his test cap number 304. Let us tell you that wicketkeeper batsman KS Bharat is the 304th player to play Test cricket for Team India. He made his Test debut on 9 February 2023 against Australia in Nagpur. In his debut match, Cheteshwar Pujara handed over Test cap number 304 to the Indian team.
Such was the international career of KS Bharat
KS Bharat got a chance to play only 7 Test matches for Team India, in which he batted in 12 innings and scored a total of 221 runs at an average of 20.09. His high score has been 44 runs. While keeping behind the wicket, KS Bharat has taken a total of 18 caps and made 1 stumping. Whereas in first-class cricket, KS Bharat has batted in 174 innings of 113 matches and scored a total of 6102 runs at an average of 36.54, which includes 11 centuries and 34 half-centuries. Whereas in List A cricket, he scored 2692 runs in a total of 82 matches at an excellent average of 36.88. During this period he has scored 8 centuries and 10 half-centuries. KS Bharat has just retired from international cricket. He will continue playing his domestic cricket.
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