South African batsman Faf Du Plessis on Wednesday announced his retirement from test cricket. He said wanted to shift focus on the T20 format. 

Du Plessis said, "He is making T20 format as the first priority with two T20 World Cup coming in next 18 months".

He ends with 4,260 Test runs @ 40.02, with 10 centuries in 69 matches. His best score of 199 came in December 2020. 

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— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) February 17, 2021