Rohit-Virat should have learned from this cricketer, played Test cricket even at the age of 52 years
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who are called the strong pillars of the Indian Cricket team, have given a shock to the fans, saying goodbye to the Test format. The fans did not expect at all that this player would say goodbye to this format so soon. Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket at the age of 38.
On the other hand, despite being so fit at the age of 36, no one liked to say goodbye to this format, because his fitness is an example of his fitness, but at this time there is also a cricketer who should learn Rohit and Virat who played cricket till the age of 52 years.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli said goodbye to the age in which the Test format said goodbye to the Test format, that despite being 10-12 years older, a legendary player continued to play cricket, which is an example of that if the age of playing does not matter and Rohit Sharma- Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli, because it is completely inside, because it happens to this player, because the age does not matter. Still India had the ability to win big matches.
The veteran player we are talking about here is none other than the England cricketer Wilfred Rhodes, who continued to play cricket till the age of 52, whose up to the age of which Virat and Rohit kept away from Test cricket only 10-12 years before they came.
Test cricket played even at the age of 52 years
Wilfred Rhodes holds the record for the oldest age to play Test cricket, who played his last Test match at 52 years and 165 days. For England, this player has played a total of 58 Test matches, with the work of scoring 2325 runs at an average of 30.19. During this time, two centuries and 11 half -centuries have also come out of his bat. Along with batting, Rhodes has done 127 wickets bowling in Test cricket. The Rhodes played his last Test at the age of 52, he worked to play against the West Indies in 1930.
Performance was very strong
If we take a look at the strong performance of this player, then he has taken 4204 wickets in the first class cricket at an average of 16.72. At the same time, he is considered the only cricketer in the world to cross the 4000 wicket mark. In 1973, at the age of 95, Rhodes said goodbye to this world.
