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Matthew Wade Reveals How Rohit Sharma's Heroics Forced Him To Mull Retirement

Abhinav Tyagi

Rohit Sharma and Matthew Wade- (Source: @CricFansClub/X.com)Rohit Sharma and Matthew Wade- (Source: @CricFansClub/X.com)

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On Tuesday, October 29, Australia's Matthew Wade announced his retirement from international cricket. The 36-year-old bid adieu to the game and ended his 11-year-long international career. However, the southpaw will continue to play franchise cricket across the globe. 

Speaking on his retirement, an emotional Wade said: "I was fully aware my international days were most likely over at the end of the last T20 World Cup. My international retirement and coaching has been a constant conversation with George (Bailey) and Andrew (McDonald) over the past six months.

Matthew Wade Reflects On India-Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Match

In the latest events, Wade opened up on the time when he first thought of hanging up his boots and remarked that it was after India's game in the T20 World Cup that he thought of retiring. 

Notably, India beat the Aussies in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024, where India won by 24 runs, and Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 92 42), which won him the player of the match award. 

"It (the thought about retirement) probably hit home after we lost against India. That was when I really sat down and reflected that that was probably the end of my career. That was an emotional moment," Wade, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, told cricket.com.au.

"The time was right for 'Ingo' (Josh Inglis) to come in. You can see what he's done in the last (few months that) he's been in the team as the No.1 'keeper. He was certainly ready to come in and take that role. They're looking for maybe someone who can bat more top to middle order now as well and that suits him really well," he added.

Wade To Miss IPL 2025

Wade also updated his fans on his IPL future and the GT star revealed that he would not be taking part in the upcoming edition because he will not be able to commit two months to the tournament. 

Wade has been with GT for the last couple of years, but did not get enough game time. Further, he was likely to go under the hammer and has decided to not give his name for mega-auction.