NEW DELHI, Aug 30: India all-rounder Stuart Binny, who owns the record of the best bowling figures in ODI format, on Monday announced his retirement from first class and international cricket.
The 37-year-old Binny began his career with his state Karnataka and represented India in six Tests, 14 ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals.
“I would like to inform you that I have decided to retire from first class and international cricket,” Binny, whose father Roger also represented India, said in a statement.
“It has given me tremendous joy and pride to have represented my country at the highest international level.”
While he did not get many international runs under his belt, Binny returned exceptional bowling figures against Bangladesh when he took six wickets for just four runs in an ODI in June 2014 in Dhaka.
It remains the best bowling performance in the ODIs till date.
A handy all-rounder, with experience of 95 first class matches, iconic skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried him out in a few Tests with reasonable success.
In his debut Test against England in July 2014, he scored 78 in his second innings and that remained his only fifty in his six Tests.
With advent of Hardik Pandya as an explosive batting all rounder, Binny’s chances of national comeback dwindled.
He played a season of first class cricket in the North East as he turned up for Nagaland.
He will be remembered as a player who punched above his weight and did his best as per his abilities. (PTI)
