South African wicketkeeper-son Henrik Klassen has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of thirty-three, which ends a career filled with explosive performance and gritty determination. The right -handed batsman announced on Monday through an emotional social media post, which had a desire to spend more time with his family.
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Klassen wrote on Instagram, “This is a sad day for me because I have announced that I have decided to move away from international cricket.” “It took me a long time to decide what is the best for me and my family for the future. I am eager to spend more time with my family because this decision will allow me to do so.” Klassen was known for his aggressive batting, especially in white-ball cricket, where he earned a reputation as a middle-order promoter, which could separate any bowling attack on his day. While his time in Test cricket was brief, he left a permanent impact of one day international and Twenty20 internationally. In Test cricket, Klassen batted in four matches, eight innings. He scored a total of 104 runs with the highest score of thirty five. He did not score any half-century or centuries in the longest format.
Klassen had more success in One Day International, where he played sixty matches and batted in twenty -six innings. He scored two thousand one hundred and forty runs. His highest personal score was a cruel one hundred and twenty four, and he took an average of 43.96 in his career. His strike rate stood at an impressive 117. Klassen hit two hundred fours and seventy-six sixes in Odis in eleven fifty and four centuries. At the Twenty20 internationally, he represented South Africa in twenty-eight matches, batting fifty-three times. He scored a total of one thousand runs, maintaining a strike rate of 141.85. He took an average of 23.26 in the format, with the highest score of eighty-1. He recorded five half-centuries and approved six Baws bar boundary ropes with seventy-two fours.
