Stuart Binny retires from all formats of cricket

BENGALURU: Indian all-rounder Stuart Binny has retired from all formats of cricket. The 37-year-old had last played for India in a T20I against West Indies in Lauderhill, US in August 2016. Binny, the son of former India all-rounder Roger Binny, represented India in six Tests, 14 ODIs and three T20Is. His bowling figures of 6/4 against Bangladesh in the second ODI at Mirpur in June 2014 remains the best-ever performance by an Indian bowler in ODIs.

"I would like to inform that I have decided to retire from international and first-class cricket. It has given me tremendous joy and pride to have represented my country at the highest international level," said Binny in a statement on Monday.

Binny represented Karnataka in domestic cricket from 2003/04 to 2018/19. His standout domestic season was in Karnataka's Ranji Trophy triumph in 2013/14 when he scored 443 runs at an average of 43.22 and scalped 14 wickets with an average of 32.64. He was a member of the 2014/15 Ranji Trophy win too. For 2019/20 season, he shifted to Nagaland. Overall, Binny scored 4,796 runs at an average of 34.25 and took 148 wickets at an average of 32.36. He has 1641 runs at an average of 20.01 and 73 wickets at an average of 25.87 in T20 cricket. In List A cricket, Binny made 1,788 runs at an average of 25.54 and took 99 wickets at an average of 32.31. IANS

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