7 cricketers who might retire after the 2019 World Cup

These seven cricketers have achieved everything there is in international cricket and deserve a final swansong at 2019 World Cup.

FAF DU PLESSIS (SOUTH AFRICA)FAF DU PLESSIS | NurPhoto/Getty

South African Faf du Plessis will be under pressure to realize the Proteas dream of moving past the semi-final stage of the World Cup. South Africa has been  World Cup semi-finalists three times and has never reached the finals even once.

Du Plessis will more or less lead the team in the 2019 World Cup as well, but it will be without their star batsman AB de Villiers, who called quits a few months ago citing pressure as the major reason for his retirement. Therefore the onus of leading the team in every form will fall on 34-year-old Faf du Plessis.

Du Plessis has played 120 ODIs and 54 Tests for SA, scoring 4485 and 3302 runs respectively. However, the issue with Du Plessis is his fitness. Du Plessis has been battling a bad back for a long time and has missed games due to it. He might very well decide to leave the short format of the game and concentrate on his Test career after the 2019 World Cup. He would, however, love to win the World Cup before hanging his gear.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 27 Aug, 2018

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