India’s defeat forced him to retire… Australian legend’s confession, had won the T20 World Cup in 2021

New Delhi. ‘The thought of retirement came to my mind for the first time after losing to India. I returned home and sat quietly and thought about it. I felt that this was probably the last match of my career. Matthew Wade, who is one of Australia’s best wicketkeeper batsmen, has revealed this. 36-year-old Matthew Wade had announced his retirement from international cricket a day earlier.

Australia’s Matthew Wade played a total of 225 international matches in his 13-year career. Matthew Wade represented Australia in 3 T20 World Cups. His most memorable performance came in 2021 when he played a key role in Australia winning its first T20 World Cup. He got Australia a ticket to the final by playing an inning of 41 runs in 17 balls against Pakistan in the semi-finals.

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If T20 World Cup 2021 was the most memorable for Matthew Wade, then this tournament in 2024 proved to be his last event. He played his last T20 match against India on 24 June. India defeated Australia in this match and knocked them out of the T20 World Cup 2024. Matthew Wade was able to score only one run in this match. While talking about the announcement of retirement, Matthew Wade did not forget this India-Australia match. He told cricket.com.au that now the time has come for Josh English to take over the role of wicketkeeper. You have seen how well he has played in the last six months.

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Matthew Wade has an unmatched relationship with India. He started his ODI career in 2012 with the match against India. Similarly, his last Test and T20 match was against India only. Matthew Wade was with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. But he may not be seen in IPL in 2025. Matthew Wade said that the IPL schedule is very busy. It is not yet decided whether he will participate in the IPL auction or not.

Matthew Wade’s career
Matthew Wade also played 36 Test matches for Australia, in which he scored 1,613 runs with the help of 4 centuries. He also played 97 ODI matches, scoring 1,867 runs in 83 innings. Matthew Wade scored 1,202 runs in 92 T20 Internationals at a strike rate of 134.15.

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