It’s certainly a heart breaking news for the cricket fans. But this Australian all-rounder has today declared his retirement.

- Being a perfect opening batsman and a pace bowler, Watson has been a part of the team for 14 long years!

- With 5,757 runs from 190 ODIs, he also bagged 168 ODI wickets.

- Watson holds the Australian record for the highest ODI score of 185 not out!

- Watson was impressive in the shorter format too. He has 1400 runs, and 46 wickets in his T-20 collection.

- He has been a part of 59 test matches, where he scored 3,731 runs and claimed 75 wickets.

- Watson is one among the seven men in cricket history, to achieve 10000 runs and 250 wickets in international cricket.

- He played in three World Cups and was part of Australia's victory in 2007 and 2015.

- Watson has captained his team in all three formats. While leading his team in a T-20 match against India, he has scored a massive 124 not out, which is the highest score by by a captain.

- He is going to retire after the completion of T-20 world cup that's being held in India.