Usually, the news of retirement of players in cricket is known in advance. Because, the market of speculation is hot about it. But, David Visa did not let anyone know about his retirement from international cricket. This Namibian all-rounder played his last international match against England on the pitch of T20 World Cup 2024 and with this, he surprised everyone by retiring. David Visa scored 27 runs in 12 balls at a strike rate of 225 in his last international match. However, he could not make his team win.

Meaning, on one hand, Namibia's team was eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2024 after losing an important match to England. On the other hand, David Visa announced his retirement as soon as the team was eliminated from the tournament. In the press conference after the match against England, David Visa said that he intends to play more but the reality is that he has no more cricket left in him.

This is the right time to retire - David Visa

David Visa said that this is the right time for him to retire from cricket. He said that the next T20 World Cup is still two years away. I am 39 years old. In such a situation, I don't think I will be able to play there. I don't have that much cricket left in me. He said that my journey with the Namibia team has been wonderful. It is also a matter of happiness for me that I played my last international match with a wonderful team like England.

David Visa's international career, played cricket for 2 countries

David Visa has played 34 T20 Internationals for Namibia, in which he has scored more than 500 runs and taken 35 wickets. Before Namibia, David Visa has also played T20 Internationals for South Africa. Combining both the countries, he has played a total of 54 T20 Internationals, in which he has scored 654 runs and taken 59 wickets.

David Visa's biggest achievement in the T20 World Cup 2024 was becoming the Player of the Match in the match against Oman. This match went into the Super Over. After which David Visa single-handedly defeated the Oman team with bat and ball.