4 Players who retired silently after World Cup 2019

3. JP Duminy

Jean-Paul Duminy has been South Africa’s pillar in the middle order for over a decade. Initially, Kallis overshadowed Duminy and then De Villiers, but he always played his part with unmitigated passion. He made his ODI debut way back in 2004, but it was until 2008 where his career actually ignited. Duminy had staggering averages of 59 in 2008 and 61 in 2010.

JP was always a gun fielder and provided assistance with the ball. He has World Cup hat-trick to his name against Sri Lanka in 2015. Just like his team, Duminy had a disheartening World Cup this year. In 4 innings he managed to score only 70 runs and had to depart from ODIs after a dismal tournament. The 35-year-old is available for the T20Is and looks to have another shot at the T20I World Cup next year.

4. Hamid Hassan

‘Time to consider health seriously’, Hamid Hassan was pretty vocal about his retirement plans before the World Cup. Hamid, who had a two-year gap in ODIs before the world cup had a career marred with injuries. He grabbed just a solitary wicket in 5 World Cup matches which makes his decision to quit ODIs seem prudent. Hassan was a crucial part of Afghanistan’s maiden World Cup victory in 2015 against Scotland.

In 2010 Hamid took 16 wickets in 7 matches and was impressive in the 2010 T20 World Cup against India and South Africa. The 32-year-old will continue to play T20 cricket for Afghanistan and in the domestic T20 leagues. Standing 6’5”, Hassan grew out of ashes to become the first Afghanistani to play at The Lord’s. Against MCC, Hassan returned with figures of 1/23 and took the noticing of Mike Gatting.