South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock opened up on his ODI retirement decision at the age of 30 for lucrative T20 offers around the world. Notably, de Kock will retire following the conclusion of the 2023 ODI World Cup in India but will continue playing T20Is until the 2024 T20 World Cup.
“I am not going to sit here and deny that it doesn’t. It helps with my decision. I’ve been around for 10 or 11 years and I’ve tried to keep my loyalty to the team, which I think I’ve done really well. I think I have represented the Proteas badge very well over my career,” de Kock was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“T20 events – I am not going to deny that there is a lot of money and coming to the end of your career, guys want to get their final top-up before their career finishes. Any normal person would do it anyway. If I was really not that loyal, I would have done it five years ago when it really took off. Now I am older and with me coming to the down slope of my career, its time,” he added.
