Cricket fraternity reacts to Eoin Morgan's retirement

Wishes and tributes poured in from all corners to praise the legacy that Eoin Morgan built and left as Englands greatest whiteball captain announced his retirement from international cricketSince he announced his retirement tributes have been pouring in from around the world praising the former skipper for his huge contribution to the gameCricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter and wished all the success to Morgan for his second career inningsCongratulations on a wonderful career Eoin16 You gave cricket fans several moments to cherish Best wishes to you May your 2nd innings are as successful as the first he tweetedMorgans teammate Jos Buttler shared some pictures and captioned Captain leader legend Thanks for everything boss with a heart emojiRetired Ireland cricketer Niall John O Brien tweeted What a career you have had Changed the way people think and play the game not just in England but globally Wishing you well in your next chapter Eoin16The England and Wales Cricket Board ECB took to their Twitter and wrote Youve changed English cricket forever An innovator A motivator A champion Your legacy will live on ThankYouMorgs Congrats on an incredible career England womens cricketer Danielle Wyatt tweetedStar England allrounder Liam Livingstone wrote on Twitter Thank You for everything Boss Eoin16Pakistan batter Mohammad Hafeez tweeted Congratulations mate on fantastic desirable career To me u are game changer for ECB_cricket in white ball cricket as captain Loads of respect for ur services Real entertainer Eoin16 cricket world wil miss u Best wishes for future endeavours Stay blessedAlso Read Morgan retires from international cricketEoin Morgan called time on his 16year international career earlier today Having made his debut for Ireland in 2006 Morgan went on to play for England and retired as one of their greatest whiteball playersAfter careful deliberation and consideration I am here to announce my retirement from international cricket with immediate effect said Morgan To call time on what has been without doubt the most enjoyable and rewarding chapter of my career hasnt been an easy decision but I believe now is the right time to do so both for me personally and for both England whiteball sides I have led to this point he addedI have been lucky enough to play in two World Cup winning teams but I believe the future for Englands whiteball teams is brighter than ever We have more experience more strength and more depth than ever before I look forward to watching on with a huge level of excitement he saidDuring his 13year international career with England the 35yearold won the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup as Captain in 2019 at Lords the first time England Men had won the world crown He was also a part of the England team that won the 2010 ICC Mens T20 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean Morgan is the alltime leading runscorer and mostcapped player for England Men in both ODI and T20I matchesDuring his sevenyear tenure as Mens ODI captain he guided England to number one in the ICC world rankings including notable series victories against all the major nations In his recordbreaking 225 ODI caps he scored 6957 runs including 13 hundred at an average of 3975 In his 126 matches as Captain Morgan oversaw 76 victories with a win percentage of 60 per cent the best win record by any England Mens ODI Captain in the history of the gameHe captained the Mens T20I side on 72 occasions equal to Indias MS Dhoni as the most in T20 international cricket In all he represented England on 115 occasions scoring 2458 runs As a Test cricketer he won 16 caps over a threeyear period scoring two centuries He also holds the world record for the highest number of sixes in an ODI innings with 17 against Afghanistan at the 2019 ICC Cricket World CupIn 2020 he received a CBE for services to cricketThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever