New Delhi: Australian T20 World Cup-winning captain Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international cricket. Having played 254 international games, he won the ICC Men’s World Cup in 2015 and the T20 World Cup in 2021. Saying goodbye to an illustrious career, Finch has left a legacy and big shoes to fill in.
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Finch has been a prominent player of the white ball and in his 12-year-long career, he gained more popularity in the shortest format. He has scored 3120 runs in 103 T20Is at an average of 34 and a strike rate of over 142.
Take a look at some of his brilliant records:
1. Most T20I runs in an inning
In a Tri-series game against Zimbabwe, Finch scored the highest-ever T20I score of 172. Opening the inning with D’Arcy Short, he did the major work and scored 172 off 76 balls, hitting 16 fours and 10 sixes. They laid a partnership of 223 runs, which broke in the last over. Australia scored a total of 229/2 and won the game by 100 runs.
In the same inning, he also made the record for the longest T20I inning in terms of balls. This 223-run partnership is also the second-highest partnership in T20Is, just behind the 236-run stand between Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani against Ireland.
2. Most matches as a captain in T20Is
Aaron Finch has played a total of 76 T20I matches as a captain. He is followed by MS Dhoni and Eion Morgan, who have led their respective sides in 72 games. Finch has won 40 games and lost 32 as a captain.
3. Third most career sixes in T20Is
Australian opener was a boundary-hitting machine and has hit a total of 125 sixes in his T20I career. He stands behind Rohit Sharma and Martin Guptill who have hit 182 and 173 sixes respectively.
4. 5000 runs and 50 catches in ODIs
Aaron Finch is part of the league of players who have scored over 5000 runs and also crossed the 50 catches mark in ODIs. This list includes the likes of Javed Miandad, Allan Border, Sachin Tendulkar and others.
