Titans legend Farhaan Behardien has introduced his retirement from cricket after an 18-year lengthy career.
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Behardien, 39, spent nearly all of his career on the Pretoria aspect, profitable 16 trophies in his 14 years at SuperSport Park earlier than departing in January 2020.
“Fudgie” as he’s recognized affectionately, performed a big function within the Titans success throughout the franchise period and was typically on the crease to get the staff over the strains in key moments.
“I’d like to wish Fudgie well in his retirement, he’s a top human being and a Titan through and through and he always represented the badge in the highest regard,” Titans CEO Jacques Faul stated.
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It was in 2006 when Behardien joined the Sky Blues underneath then coach Richard Pybus.
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While on the Titans, Farhaan Behardien notched up 6 794 first-class runs and was extremely damaging in restricted overs cricket.
“At the height of our success he made up a part of an explosive middle order which included [Albie] Morkel, [Chris] Morris, [David] Wiese and himself (Begardien) which were our X Factor in white ball cricket over the years,” Faul added.
Behardien holds the report for the quickest half-century in home T20 cricket.
He hit an unbeaten 55 off 15 balls (50 from 14 balls) within the 2016/2017 CSA T20 problem semi-final in opposition to the Warriors to safe a house last for the Sky Blues, who went on to win the ultimate and declare the T20 Challenge trophy that yr.
In a statement on his retirement Behardien stated, “Thanks specifically to the Titans (skyblues) for taking a punt on a young kid all those years ago & giving me a platform to showcase my skill.”
Behardien was a outstanding finisher in One Day and T20 cricket and greater than that grew to become an intimate member of the Sky Blues household.
