What Watto regrets
Departing all-rounder has sore memories of 2013 India tour when he was banned for not doing homework.
Shane Watson, who will retire post the World T20, has picked the one Test match suspension on the 2013 tour of India as one of the lowest moments in his career.
Asked whether it was the lowest point of his career, Watson chose to see the funny side of what happened in 2013.
Watson surprised many by announcing on the eve of the game against Pakistan that he will be retiring post the tournament. Has he started to look at life differently?
“Not really. Apart from thinking about these last few games. Probably for the first time, I have sat back and looked at my career, the highlights and I have got so many in what has been an incredible career. I have spent time thinking how fortunate I have been to play for Australia for this long. It has been a privilege to play for my country,” said an emotional Watson.
He was next asked to rate the top three batsmen — Virat Kohli, Steven Smith and Joe Root — at the moment.
“Look first of all it is a pleasure to watch these guys bat more than anything. Virat, for example, to play against him, even though you don’t want him to be scoring runs, the shots that he plays, how easily he is able to find the gaps, is incredible,” he said.
Shane Watson, who will retire post the World T20, has picked the one Test match suspension on the 2013 tour of India as one of the lowest moments in his career.
Asked whether it was the lowest point of his career, Watson chose to see the funny side of what happened in 2013.
“It is a good guess and it was here in Mohali. The good thing is that we were staying in a hotel in Chandigarh and I have got bad memories of one of those rooms. It surely is not a nice memory. Being suspended for a Test for not doing the homework that I didn’t realise I had to do,” Watson said drawing laughter from the media persons.
Watson surprised many by announcing on the eve of the game against Pakistan that he will be retiring post the tournament. Has he started to look at life differently?
“Not really. Apart from thinking about these last few games. Probably for the first time, I have sat back and looked at my career, the highlights and I have got so many in what has been an incredible career. I have spent time thinking how fortunate I have been to play for Australia for this long. It has been a privilege to play for my country,” said an emotional Watson.
He was next asked to rate the top three batsmen — Virat Kohli, Steven Smith and Joe Root — at the moment.
“Look first of all it is a pleasure to watch these guys bat more than anything. Virat, for example, to play against him, even though you don’t want him to be scoring runs, the shots that he plays, how easily he is able to find the gaps, is incredible,” he said.
