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Jacques Kallis, one of the great cricket all-rounder of modern era, retires from International cricket

New Delh:Jacques Henry Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders of all Time. He is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 11,000 runs and take 250

India TV Sports Desk Updated on: July 31, 2014 7:35 IST


Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 Test runs on an eventful opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on 2 January 2013. Kallis, who has also taken 292 Test wickets, lies fourth behind Sachin Tendulkar (15,837), Australian Ricky Ponting (13,378) and India's Rahul Dravid (13,288) on the list of all-time run scorers in test cricket. He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013. The ICC Awards 2005 Test Player of the Year.

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