The legend who dismissed Rohit 8 times and Kohli 6 times played his/her last match, taking wickets in the first over was his/her specialty

New Delhi. The legendary bowler who dismissed Rohit Sharma 8 times and Virat Kohli 6 times has played his/her last international match. New Zealand’s Trent Bolt played his/her last international match against Papua New Guinea in the T20 World Cup. Bolt had announced after New Zealand’s exit from the Super-8 that this is his/her last T20 World Cup; he/she will not play any T20 World Cup after this. Trent Bolt took 2 wickets against Papua New Guinea in his/her last match of the World Cup on Monday.

Trent Boult’s retirement has created a void in New Zealand’s bowling attack that is not going to be filled soon. Trent Boult is one of those few bowlers in the world who are known for taking wickets in their first over itself. Boult’s second specialty has been to hunt down legendary batsmen. For example, if we talk about Indian batsmen, he/she has dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara the most number of times. Trent Boult and Rohit Sharma have come face to face 30 times in international matches. Out of these, Boult dismissed Rohit 8 times. Similarly, he/she made Kohli his/her victim 6 times (out of 27 matches).

If we talk about world cricket, his/her favorite victims have been players like Joe Root, Alistair Cook, Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock. Bolt has dismissed Joe Root 13 times, Jonny Bairstow 10 times and Alistair Cook 9 times in international cricket (all three formats). 34-year-old Trent Bolt has played 78 Tests, 114 ODIs and 61 T20 International matches in his/her career. he/she has taken 317 wickets in Test matches. he/she has 211 wickets in ODI cricket. Similarly, Bolt took 83 wickets in 61 T20 International matches.

When Trent Boult came out to play his/her last match, former New Zealand cricketer and commentator Ian Smith said that he/she could not believe that Boult was playing his/her last match. But if this is true then it is also true that New Zealand will not get a bowler like him/her again soon.

Trent Bolt had indicated 2 years ago that he/she would gradually reduce his/her presence in international cricket. Under this, he/she rejected New Zealand Cricket’s offer of an annual contract. After this, Trent Bolt continued to play in big and important series for New Zealand, but when a series was played against a weak team, he/she was seen participating in league cricket instead of the national team. Many cricket lovers also criticized this decision of Trent Bolt. However, Bolt’s fans kept defending him/her. They said that Bolt was getting injured repeatedly and to prolong his/her career, it was necessary for him/her to distance himself from Test and ODI formats. Under this, Trent Bolt distanced himself from Test and ODI macho so that his/her cricket career could be prolonged.

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