Afghanistan cricketer Asghar Afghan has announced his retirement from international cricket during the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021 only. Meanwhile, it was a shocker for everyone as well as he didn’t feature in the match against Namibia in the T20 World Cup. However, he received the guard of honour from the players as well.
Notably, Afghanistan is yet to take on New Zealand and India and Asghar Afghan would not be featured in those matches. And, his teams bid him farewell in the best manner possible. While he has led his team in 115 matches so far he amassed over 4k runs as well.
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As far as his career is concerned, he has played six Tests, 114 ODIs, and 76 T20Is before retiring. Talking about his stint as a skipper, in 59 ODIs, Afghan had led his side successfully in 34 games whereas he remained victorious in 42 out of 52 matches as a T20I captain as well. However, as far as their last game is concerned, Afghanistan registered a convincing win over Namibia.
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After the win, Mohammad Nabi said: “The boys have had good morale in the team. We do discuss during team meetings that we might chase at times as well. I tell the openers to go and play their game. Just go and enjoy your cricket. We are always depending on spinners but we have some quality seamers as well. Hamid bowled brilliantly today. Last night, he (Asghar Afghan) told me that tomorrow would be my last game and I was shocked. It was his decision. He has captained the side for almost 6-7 years. He was very consistent with his captaincy in T20Is. He had already decided that tomorrow will be my last game.”
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Asghar Afghan said: “It was an important win for us, he bowled really well (on Naveen-ul-Haq), used his variations extremely well on this wicket. Thanks to the fans for all the support given to the team so far and hope that it’ll continue throughout the tournament.”
