India head coach Rahul Dravid has described the retiring England quick bowler Stuart Broad as a “special cricketer”, whose nice partnership with James Anderson will likely be remembered for ages. The 37-year-old Broad on Saturday introduced that he’ll retire from worldwide cricket after the conclusion of the continued closing Ashes Test towards Australia at The Kia Oval in London. “He (Broad) has been a terrific bowler, he has been a great. His partnership with Jimmy Anderson will always be remembered,” Dravid stated after India misplaced to West Indies by six wickets within the second ODI right here.

“Anderson and Broad the whole decade they played for England, they have really put in some fantastic performances,” stated the batting legend and former India captain.

“To take 600 wickets and to play the number of Test matches he has takes a special kind of cricketer,” he added.

Broad has been a key member of the England Test aspect since making his debut towards Sri Lanka in December 2007. He will retire with 167 caps, and is the second highest Test wicket-taker after Anderson amongst pacers. He had taken 600 wickets earlier than the continued closing Ashes Test.

The right-arm seamer, who made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 2005 and later moved to Nottinghamshire, has performed 121 ODIs and 56 T20 Internationals, choosing up 178 and 65 wickets respectively.

Dravid congratulated Broad on an exquisite profession.

“My best wishes to him and congratulations on a fantastic career. I hope he gets to finish it off in the best possible way he wants to,” he stated.