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📻 IMPORTANT AUCKLAND UPDATE 📻
WATCH: $420k star retired out in BBL drama
SEN • January 13th, 2026 9:53 am
Pakistan international Mohammad Rizwan was retired out by the Renegades in their BBL defeat to the Sydney Thunder.
Struggling to make runs, Rizwan was called in by captain Will Sutherland at the end of the 18th over, having made 26 off 23 balls.
The 33-year-old, who signed with the Renegades on a $420,000 platinum deal, has failed to make much of an impact on the BBL this season with just 167 runs in eight innings and he is yet to score a 50.
Sutherland’s move to retire Rizwan out backfired after he was run out at the non-striker’s end for 1.
“He needs to be more proactive, you put a lot of pressure on other batters when you’re going at a run a ball,” Mark Waugh said on Fox Sports.
“A run a ball is just nowhere near good enough, has never been and never will be.”
He added: “If that was a local player, he would not be batting No. 4.”
Shane Watson added: “It’s a challenging one as a coach, to work through the potential fallout of retiring someone, the significant hit it could have on their ego and having to manage that.”
