After being dropped from the Australia series, England’s former top-ranked ICC T20I batter Dawid Malan on Wednesday retired from international cricket — likely as a protest.
He is one of the two English batters who have hit centuries in all three international formats of the game – Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
The brokenhearted left-handed batter made this decision most likely to register his grievance after the management excluded him from the upcoming white-ball series against Australia.
Earlier this week, England announced white-ball squads to face Australia in a three-match T20I series and five-match ODIs in September. They named five uncapped players for the T20I squad, and three of them also got berths on the ODI team.
After his debut in international cricket in 2017, the 36-year-old batter represented his country in 22 Tests, 30 one-day internationals and 62 T20s. In his maiden innings, he scored 78 runs from 44 balls against South Africa.
Malan is expected to continue playing in T20 franchise leagues. Recently, he was part of the Oval Invincibles and won The Hundred.
Furthermore, he has also played for teams like Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 and was also in action for Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
