Legendary players who had to take retirement soon due to injury, a cricketer is ‘Greatest of All Time’

Cricketers who retired early amid health concerns: The way Wil Pucovski made a spectacular debut in first -class cricket, he was being considered the next star of Australian batting but said goodbye to cricket at just 26 years of age after incidents of head injury. After suggesting the panel of medical experts, he decided to retire. Pukovski had admitted that these injuries had affected his mental health. Let us know that this is not the first such incident in cricket when a player’s career has ended due to injury. Even before this, many players have had to give up cricket, because their body did not give them any other option.

Nari Contractor (India)

Nari Contractor used to play international cricket in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His story was probably the most dreadful. In 1962, Charlie Griffith’s bouncer suffered an injury to his head during India’s West Indies tour. It was a terrible injury that required emergency surgery. He never played any other test again after this. The experience of the contractor’s death played a major role in changing the notion of security in cricket and which eventually led to a better protective gear, although the helmet came to the mainstream only in the late 1970s.

James Taylor (England)

James Taylor was seen as the future of England’s Test cricket. After making his debut in 2011, Taylor started making his place in international cricket. He used to play regularly in ODIs. But at the age of 26 in 2016, Taylor was detected a rare and potentially deadly heart disease called ARVC (Arithmogenic Right Ventricular cardiomyopathy). He announced his retirement a few days later. This was a heart-breaking end for a player who had just started realizing his ability. Since his retirement, Taylor has been associated with the game under commentary and England’s selection panel.

Mark Boucher (South Africa)

The mark boucher of South Africa had to separate himself from cricket due to injury. One of the best wicketkeepers in the history of cricket, Mark Boucher has made 1,000 international victims, in fact, a strange accident during a practice match in 2012 stopped his career suddenly. During the match against the Samarset, during the match standing behind the stump, after Imran Tahir bold the geent jones, a bell came out of the stump and got into the boucher’s eye. His left eye suffered severe damage due to injury, at that time the boucher was 35 years old and was playing at a high level. His departure led to an emptiness in the South African team, which took many years to fill, tell that Mark Boucher Is considered the best wicketkeeper of world cricket.

Saba Karim (India)

The career of former India wicketkeeper batsman Saba Karim (India) was also over due to injury. Saba Karim achieved his cap for India in the end of the 1990s after continuous domestic performance for many years. But as soon as he started establishing himself, during the Asia Cup match in 2000, Anil Kumble got into his eye while wicketkeeping. His vision problems became permanent due to injury and had to retire. Later, Karim went into administrative roles and started working as a national selector and a high officer of BCCI. Currently Saba Karim comments.