It is generally seen that cricketers retire before the age of 40. But there is a player who has made his debut in T20 cricket at the age of 57. You must also be shocked to hear this. But this news is absolutely true. Christian Rocca of Gibraltar made his debut in T20 cricket at the age of 57 years and 66 days. Apart from the 12 national boards of the ICC, there are also some associate countries that play cricket. Two of these countries, Bulgaria and Gibraltar, played a T20 International match in the Valletta Cup on 13 May 2022.
In this match, Christian Rocca of Gibraltar made his T20 International debut. At that time his age was 57 years 66 days. With this, he became the third-oldest player to debut in international T20 cricket. The record for the oldest debut in international T20 is recorded in the name of Osman Goker, who did this feat at the age of 59 years and 181 days. In this case, Cengiz Akyuz comes in second place, who did this feat at the age of 57 years and 89 days.
Let us tell you that Christian Rokka is already playing international cricket before Sachin Tendulkar. He was part of the Gibraltar team in the 1986 World Cup qualification tournament. In that tournament, Christian Rocca scored 134 runs in 7 matches.
