Mumbai: Cricketers across the globe paid handsome tributes to Jacques Kallis who announced his retirement from International cricket yesterday.
Read: Jacques Kallis retires from all formats of cricket
While he ended his Test career a few months back, he hung in harbouring hopes to play 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. But with South Africa settling into a settled unit where Kallis is not guaranteed of a regular place in the playing, he decided to take an exit from international cricket.
Cricket world took to twitter to applaud the greatest all-rounder of all time.
Congrats to @jacqueskallis75 on a oustanding career. world cricket will miss you. amazing stats but more importantly a match winner #legend
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 30, 2014VIDEO: @GraemeSmith49 #HaroonLorgat pay tribute to @jacqueskallis75 : http://t.co/msDvz0jEtj via @YouTube #KingKallis
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) July 30, 2014Arguably the greatest ever cricketer retires...cricket will miss you, @jacqueskallis75!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) July 30, 2014Congratulations to @jacqueskallis75 on a fantastic career. Best all rounder in our generation. Wish him well!
— Mahela Jayawardena (@MahelaJay) July 30, 2014Congratulations to @jacqueskallis75 one of the games greatest ever player .Best all rounder of all time #respect
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 30, 2014Jacques Kallis- congratulations on a wonderful career. Quality cricket over a long period of time. One of the very best. #legend
— Jason Gillespie (@YCCCDizzy) July 30, 2014He scored runs for fun, swung it both ways, could hit you in the head and had hands like buckets. Congrats @jacqueskallis75 #TheBest
— Paul Collingwood (@Colly622) July 30, 2014Been a privilege and an honour to have played alongside this living legend @jacqueskallis75 congrats… http://t.co/Tw2nkqRg4h
— JP Duminy (@jpduminy21) July 30, 2014Gongrats @jacqueskallis75 on a legendary career.1 of the greats of the game.was a honour sharing a field with u and the proteas will miss u
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) July 30, 2014The irreplaceable @jacqueskallis75 draws curtain on an illustrious int. career. But, we'll still witness #KingKallis in Purple & Gold!
— Kol Knight Riders (@KKRiders) July 30, 2014ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson thanks Jacques Kallis for his contribution to the sport http://t.co/pZzrcMD6Jb following his retirement
— ICC (@ICC) July 31, 2014Most Valuable Player of our generation has called it quits from all forms of International cricket. An era has ended. Jacques 'Great' Kallis
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 30, 2014Jacque Kallis is the Greatest ever Allrounder IMO... The international game will miss him... #Kallis
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 30, 2014
