Eoin Morgan: A 'great guy' and a key architect of England's limited-overs resurgence

Eoin Morgan announced his arrival on the international circuit back in 2006, for Ireland in an ODI vs Scotland, little did he or the world know that the then 17 year old would end up being England's first and so far only ODI World Cup-winning captain. The 35-year-old Morgan on Tuesday left many in the cricketing world stunned with his decision to bid adieu to international cricket with immediate effect. Reports of Morgan having decided to announce his retirement in fact did the rounds began doing the rounds a day before the actual announcement. According to a Sky Sports report. Morgan wanted to lead the English side in this year's T20 World Cup in Australia, but decided to call time on his cricketing career after struggling with form and fitness issues.

In the 3 match ODI series that England played recently, Morgan fell for a duck in the first two games and missed the third with a groin niggle. In the last IPL mega auction Morgan went unsold. He had a miserable outing with the bat in the 2021 edition though he led KKR to the final. Overall, he is considered to have a fine cricketing brain in limited overs cricket. But he had been struggling with both form and fitness issues for the last year and half or so. He had scored just two fifties in his last 28 international innings across the two white-ball formats. Morgan himself called the timing of his decision to bring the curtain down on his international career - 'the right time to go'.

"After careful deliberation and consideration, I am here (Lord's) to announce my retirement from international cricket with immediate effect," said Morgan in an ECB statement. "To call time on what has been without doubt the most enjoyable and rewarding chapter of my career hasn't been an