A notable number of cricket legends announced their retirement in the year 2021. Some have pursued careers as cricket experts or in other related activities after retirement, while others have sought careers as coaches. They were all outstanding professional players who had enjoyed great success on both the international and domestic circuits. The top five cricketers who retired from the game in 2021 are featured in this article. Let's take a quick look at their professional achievements. Five Notable Retired Cricketers in 2021 AB de Villiers of South Africa, Ryan ten Doeschate of the Netherlands, Asghar Afghan of Afghanistan, Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, and Dale Steyn of South Africa are the top five cricketers who have retired. Take a look at their professional cricket achievements. AB de Villiers International Statistics: M: 415 | Runs: 19,864 | HS: 278* | Ave: 48.33 | 100s: 47 First Class Statistics: M: 141 | Runs: 10,689 | HS: 278* | Ave: 49.71 | 100s: 25 Mr. 360 AB de Villiers declared his retirement from all forms of cricket on November 19, 2021. He was widely regarded as the most destructive batter of his generation and was popular with cricket lovers. This gifted South African owns the world record for the fastest 100 and 150 in ODIs. The fans will always remember De Villiers' unusual and devastating striking technique. Read Spanish Tennis Maestro Rafael Nadal Wins Record 21 Grand Slam Titles Ryan ten Doeschate International Statistics: M: 57 | Runs: 2,074 | HS: 119 | Ave: 57.61 | 100s: 5 | Wickets: 68 | BBI: 4/31 | Ave: 23.11 | 5W: 0  First Class Statistics: M: 203 | Runs: 11,298 | HS: 259* | Ave: 44.30 | 100s: 29 | Wickets: 214 | BBI: 6/20 | Ave: 33.84 | 5W: 7   South African-born Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has the most runs for the Netherlands national team. He announced his retirement in September of 2021. Post-retirement, Doeschate was named Kent County Cricket Club's batting coach in December 2021. He was a member of the Netherlands squad at a number of ICC events. Ten Doeschate made 119 runs against England in the 2011 World Cup, becoming the first Dutch player to hit an ODI century against an ICC full member. Ryan ten Doeschate is perhaps the best Dutch player of all time. Asghar Afghan International Statistics: M: 195 | Runs: 4,246 | HS: 164 | Ave: 24.83 | 100s: 2  First Class Statistics: M: 29 | Runs: 1,861 | HS: 164 | Ave: 44.30 | 100s: 6  Asghar Afghan had a decent career for Afghanistan on the international stage. Asghar declared his retirement during the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. He is one of Afghanistan's leading run-scorers and competed in a number of ICC tournaments. Read BPL 2022: Competition among six teams gets heated up in Phase 2 Lasith Malinga International Statistics: M: 340 | Wickets: 546 | BBI: 6/38 | Ave: 28.08 | 5W: 13  First Class Statistics: M: 84 | Wickets: 257 | BBI: 6/17 | Ave: 30.28 | 5W: 7    Lasith Malinga was known as "Slinga" for his toe-crushing Yorker delivery. Malinga was perhaps his generation's finest white-ball bowler. He had a thriving cricket career. Malinga led the Sri Lankan national team at one stage in his career, and Sri Lanka won the 2014 T20 World Cup while he was captain. This right-handed medium pacer is the first bowler in international cricket history to take four wickets in four deliveries twice. Lasith Malinga announced his retirement in September 2021.  Dale Steyn International Statistics: M: 263 | Wickets: 697 | BBI: 7/51 | Ave: 23.38 | 5W: 29 First Class Statistics: M: 141 | Wickets: 618 | BBI: 8/41 | Ave: 23.57 | 5W: 35     Dale Steyn announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 31, 2021. He was the most devastating pacer of his generation and one of the all-time great fast-bowlers. Steyn had a remarkable cricket career as a bowler. He did not win any significant trophies with the national team. However, he did help South Africa win a number of international series. Dale Steyn is now South Africa's highest wicket-taker in the Test format. Read ICC 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh’s Squad, Full Fixtures Aftermath Former South African captain AB de Villiers, Proteas pacer Dale Steyn, and Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler Lasith Malinga were among the top cricketers of the previous decade. Their contributions as players will live on in the minds of coming generations. Former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan and the Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, both enjoyed significant success with their respective national teams. Many young cricketers look up to these athletes as role models since they were key figures in their respective teams throughout their playing days.    

AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, claiming a lack of enthusiasm in the game because of his age. The 37-year-old declared his decision in a post on his verified Twitter account on Friday (November 19), which included a photo of himself. He expressed gratitude for his achievements in cricket. The dynamic right-hander last played for South Africa in 2018, although he continued to play T20 cricket till the IPL 2021. Let's take a look at AB de Villiers' remarkable cricket career. The International Cricket Career of AB de Villiers in a Nutshell AB de Villiers made his international debut against England in a home series in 2004. Before retiring on November 19, 2021, he played 114 Tests, 228 One-Day Internationals, and 78 Twenty-20 Internationals. AB de Villiers is often considered one of the best batters of all time because of his fearless mentality. He was built in such a way that his body could be shifted in any direction and he could play any shot. This is why he is referred to as Mr. 360. ABD and the Alien are some of his other nicknames.  Read Mahmudullah has few answers as Tigers’ rut continues De Villiers has a number of ODI records, including the fastest 50 (16 balls), 100 (31 balls), and 150 (50 balls) (64 balls). He is also the only batter in ODI history to average above 50 and has a strike rate over 100. The right-handed aggressive batter also owns the South African records for quickest Test century and fastest T20I fifty. In 2010, 2014, and 2015, AB de Villiers won the ICC One-Day International Player of the Year award three times. In addition, he was selected as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Decade.   AB de Villiers was a popular cricketer in franchise-based T20 cricket in addition to his international career. In the IPL, he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and a lot of other well-known teams from across the world. Read Pakistan wrap up series beating Bangladesh by eight wickets  Let's take a look at his cricketing career on the international stage Test Runs HS Ave SR 100s 114 8,765 278* 50.66 54.51 22 ODI Runs HS Ave SR 100s 228 9,577 176 53.50 101.09 25 T20I Runs HS Ave SR 50s 78 1,672 79* 26.12 135.16 10   Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ab-de-villiers-44936 Notable AB de Villiers records    The spectacular power hitter had a remarkable cricket career, especially in white-ball cricket. Here are some of AB de Villiers' most noteworthy records. 1)      Fastest fifty - ODI 2)      Fastest century – ODI 3)      Fastest 150 – ODI 4)      Fastest Century (South Africa) – Test 5)      Fastest fifty (South Africa) – T20I 6)      Among the nine batters to hit three hundred in a row – ODI format  7)      De Villiers has the joint-most number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper (11) - Test match 8)      AB de Villiers and Joe Root both scored half-centuries in 12 consecutive Tests. 9)      Along with Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma, De Villiers has the second-highest number of sixes (16) in an ODI innings.     10)  Best Averages (63.52) - ODI World Cup (at least 20 matches) De Villiers is also South Africa's second-highest run-scorer in ODIs and across all formats (19,864), after only Jack Kallis. AB de Villiers' remarkable record proves that he is a one-of-a-kind talent and one of the best cricketers of all time. Read Live Streaming of Bangladesh-Pakistan Series 2021 Bottom Line  AB de Villiers' overall cricket career proves that he is without a doubt one of the best batters of all time in all formats. Unquestionably, the coveted South African has aided world cricket development. His approach, particularly in white-ball cricket, has given the game a fresh outlook. He was a big admirer of his generation of cricketers and was one of the most fearsome batters of the previous two decades. AB de Villiers is a true inspiration for the next generation of cricketers.

The 14th season of IPL has just begun. Every team in the competition had worked hard to build a solid squad for this year's campaign. Even so, not all the teams were able to form a balanced squad. That being said, each team has at least a handful of superstar players. The teams' main goal is to field the best possible playing XI, but selecting the ideal 11 can be hard at times. Now, imagine how difficult it would be to pick the best IPL playing XI 2021 from each team? However, we have attempted to do that in this article. The best IPL 2021 playing XI could be like this We followed the IPL laws when selecting the XI. In other words, this playing XI features four overseas players and seven Indians players. Read: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Top five memorable performances in Test Cricket Top-order 1)      Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma is the most effective captain in IPL history as Mumbai Indians have won the Indian Premier League five times under his leadership. Therefore Rohit Sharma is the most ideal person to captain this XI. Rohit is the fifth-highest run-scorer in IPL history. In 203 matches, he has scored 5,324 runs at an average of 31.31 and 130.71 strikes. That is why he is also the most sought-after opener. 2)      David Warner Sunrisers Hyderabad won the IPL 2016 under the leadership of Australian batsman David Warner. Hyderabad team has consistently performed well in every Indian Premier League event thanks to his leadership abilities. Warner has also had a lot of success as an opening batsman in the IPL. The left-hander has scored 5,347 runs in 145 matches at an average of 42.43 and 141.19 strike rates, the fourth highest in IPL history. So, David Warner is the ideal opening partner for Rohit Sharma. 3)      Virat Kohli One of the best batsmen in the world today, Virat Kohli has yet to win an IPL title for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Despite his failure as a captain, Virat is the most successful batsman in the IPL. Because Kohli is the highest run-scorer in the history of IPL. He has scored 5,347 runs in 195 matches at an average of 37.89 and 130.46 strikes. So there is no alternative to Virat for the number three position.   Read: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Recap of the Key Test Records Middle-order 4)      AB de Villiers AB de Villiers is one of the most fearsome batsmen in cricket history. Mr. 360 has helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to win many matches. Despite winning countless matches, he is yet to win the IPL title. AB de Villiers is the best middle-order batsman in IPL history. He has scored 4,974 runs at an average of 40.77 and 152.67 strikes in 172 matches. 5)      Rishabh Pant (Wk) In the absence of Shreyas Iyer, India's number one wicket-keeper Rishab Pant is captaining the Delhi Capitals in this year's IPL. Pant has already solidified his reputation as an aggressive batsman. Pant must excel at batting, keeping, and captaincy if Delhi is to win the trophy. So far, he has scored 2,160 runs in 71 matches with a strike rate of 151.26. Pant also made a total of 55 dismissals. 6)      Andre Russell Windies power hitter Andre Russell is the most deadly all-rounder in the world right now. Russell plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL who is equally good at batting and bowling. He has helped Kolkata to win many matches. So Knight Riders fans will have a lot of expectations from him again. Russell has scored 1,562 runs in 77 matches with a staggering strike rate of 179.12.  He also has taken 67 wickets. 7)      Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya is the most fearsome batsman in India's lower middle order.  He has the ability to hit big shots with the bat in the death overs. Pandya, who has won several IPL titles, wants to prove his true class for Mumbai once again. Pandya has taken 42 wickets in 83 matches while also making 1,384 runs at a strike rate of 157.45. Read: Who will win the IPL 2021? The favorites, underdogs, and outsiders Spinners 8)      Sunil Narine          Sunil Narine is one of the most successful spinners in the Indian Premier League's history. His flawless spin always kills batsmen. Narayan plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and is just as capable with the bat as he is with the ball. He has taken 127 wickets in 120 matches and scored 892 runs at a strike rate of 164.27. 9)      Yuzvendra Chahal Yuzbendra Chahal, one of the best spinners in the Indian national team, plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. Chahal has been RCB's main spinner in recent years. So his inclusion in this playing XI is very normal. Chahal has 123 IPL wickets at an average of 22.98 and 7.70 economy rates in 102 matches. Read: BAN vs SL Cricket Test series 2021: Expected personal milestones to achieve Pacers 10)  Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-arm fast-medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of India's most effective pace bowlers, as well as one of the most successful bowlers in the history of the Indian Premier League. In 2016, Bhuvneshwar won the IPL trophy for Hyderabad. Needless to say, Bhubaneswar Kumar is leading Hyderabad's pace attack. He has 138 wickets in 124 matches, with an average of 24.44 and an economy rate of 7.30. 11)  Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah is currently the best fast bowler in the Indian national team. His superb bowling has helped India and his IPL team Mumbai Indians to win many matches. Bumrah, who has won the IPL more than once for Mumbai, has 112 wickets in 95 matches, averaging 23.68 and with an economy rate of 7.35. Read: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 2021: Analysis of Bangladesh’s Test Squad for Sri Lanka Series Bottom Line Forming the best IPL playing XI 2021 from each team was a challenging task as we had plenty of options to create the team. The cricketers' experience, record, and recent form were given priority while forming the pre-tournament IPL playing XI for this season. In that perspective, this is a really destructive IPL XI. Because this XI has some of the finest all-rounders in the world, as well as some fantastic bowlers and batsmen. It will be exciting to see who will make the IPL's best XI at the end of the tournament.

 

Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis retired from test cricket on Wednesday after being denied the chance of a home farewell by Australia's decision to cancel next month's tour.