Moeen Ali England: England's powerful all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from international cricket. He has played for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Source: PTI
Moeen Ali Retirement England: England's legendary all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from international cricket. He has performed strongly on many occasions. Moeen has a good record against India. He has troubled Virat Kohli a lot on the ground. Moeen has dismissed Kohli 10 times. But now he has taken an important career decision. Moeen says that the England cricket team needs to move forward. Moeen has a special connection with Chennai Super Kings. He has performed strongly for the team many times in the IPL.
Moeen Ali made his debut for England in 2014. He has played 138 ODIs and 68 Test matches so far. He has also played 92 T20 matches. Moeen recently gave an interview to Mail Sport. During this, he said, "Playing for England has been the best time of my life. I can hold myself back for a few more days and play for the team. But I know the truth. It is not that I can no longer play. But I know that now the England cricket team needs to move forward."
Such was Moeen's career for England -
Moeen's international career has been great. He has scored 2355 runs in 138 ODIs. He has scored 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries. Moeen has also taken 111 wickets in this format. He has scored 3094 runs in 68 Test matches. He has scored 5 centuries and 15 half-centuries. He has taken 204 wickets in Tests. Moeen has scored 1229 runs in 92 T20 International matches. Along with this, he has also taken 51 wickets.
Moeen has troubled Kohli a lot -
Moeen has troubled Virat a lot. He has dismissed Virat Kohli 10 times so far. Moeen has dismissed him 6 times in Tests. If we look at the record of Test cricket, Moeen has bowled 393 balls against him. During this, he has given 196 runs. It has not been easy for Virat to play against Moeen.