The stormy batsman who won the T20 World Cup suddenly retired, even Virat Kohli could not match him

England's left-handed batsman David Malan has retired from international cricket. Malan entered international cricket in 2017 and in just 7 years he said goodbye to it. However, in his short career, this player made many such records which are like a dream for any player. David Malan played 22 Tests, 30 ODIs, and 62 T20 matches for England. Malan scored a total of 8 centuries in international cricket. The big thing is that Malan made England win the T20 World Cup and at the same time he also managed to do a feat that Virat Kohli could not do in his entire career.

David Malan was a specialist batsman in ODI and T20 formats. His performance in T20 cricket was especially amazing. Malan scored 1892 runs in 62 T20 matches at an average of 36.38 and this player held the top position in the ICC T20 rankings for a long time. Malan was the only batsman in the world who managed to achieve more than 900 rating points in the T20 rankings. Virat Kohli also held the number 1 position in the T20 rankings for a long time but his highest rating was 897.

Talking about David Malan, this player grew up in South Africa. He also started first-class cricket in South Africa. He played for Boland but after this, he shifted to England in 2006 and after that, he played for Middlesex for a long time. The interesting thing about Malan's career was that in 2017 he played his first international match against his own country South Africa. Malan scored 78 runs in the very first T20 match and was also the player of the match. By the year 2020, this left-handed batsman also became the number 1 T20 batsman. Malan scored 1000 runs in just 24 innings in T20 International, which is a world record. In the year 2022, England won the T20 World Cup and Malan was a part of that team.