CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international cricket. The long-term white-ball skipper represented Australia in 254 international matches across all formats, playing five Tests, 146 ODIs and 103 T20Is.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 36-year-old on Tuesday announced his retirement from the shortest form of the game at the international level. “The time is right to let the T20 team enter a new phase, to give them enough time and space to allow a new captain to take over and move in a new direction, ” Finch said.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aaron Finch has retired from all international cricket after leading Australia in a record 76 games as captain of the T20I team. Finch guided Australia to its first T20 World Cup victory in 2021 and was captain again last year in its unsuccessful title defence on home soil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Australia’s most successful men’s T20I captain Aaron Finch retires from international cricket. Aaron Finch, who led Australia to their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title in 2021, called time on his international cricket career on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lee had been considering retiring from Test cricket for some time since 2008 due to the physical strain. In February 2010, he announced his retirement from Test cricket after consulting friend and England rival Andrew Flintoff, stating that bowling “at 150 km/h for five days is very hard on the body".