Lucknow: There are many players in international cricket who have played cricket for two countries and Namibia's star all-rounder David Vija is also included in this list. The career of this player has been full of ups and downs. He started his cricket career with South Africa and ended it with Namibia. Actually, Vija has now said goodbye to international cricket and during this time he also appeared very emotional. Vija is among those few players who have represented two countries and now he has ended his cricket journey.

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The 39-year-old player played his last match against England in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. After the end of this match, he has also announced his retirement. For this, the Namibia team also gave him a guard of honor. When this player did not get many opportunities in the African team, he turned to Namibia and started playing cricket there from the year 2021. He also represented this country in the 2021 T20 World Cup and now the 39-year-old has said goodbye to it. After the match, David has given a big statement on his retirement.

He said, “I am almost 39 years old now and the next T20 World Cup is two years away, so I don't think I will be able to play cricket till then and that is why I have decided to retire. However, I will continue to play domestic cricket during this time but now the right time has come to say goodbye to international cricket.”

If we talk about Visa's career, he played a total of 54 T20I matches in his career, in which he scored 624 runs with an average of 24 and a strike rate of 127.87. During this, three half-centuries came off his bat. His performance in bowling was also excellent and he also took 59 wickets with an excellent economy of 7.19. Apart from this, the 39-year-old scored 330 runs with the help of a half-century in 15 ODIs. He also has 15 wickets to his name in ODI cricket. Not only this, he has also played in the Indian Premier League. This player was made a part of their team by RCB and KKR.

Namibia captain reacts to David Visa's retirement

After the star all-rounder announced his retirement, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus said, “David Visa's performance has been excellent on and off the field. He has very good leadership qualities and has inspired young players to play cricket. His contribution to Namibia's cricket is huge.”

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