Shahid Afridi Retires from International Cricket | Reason why Afridi annouced retirement all of sudden

Shahid Afridi Retires from International Cricket | Reason why Afridi annouced retirement all of sudden |Shahid Afridi Retires from International Cricket | Reason why Afridi annouced retirement all of sudden

Shahid Afridi Retires from International Cricket. Shahid Afridi Quits International Cricket News. Pakistan’s captain at the 2011 World Cup, is reported by Geo TV in Pakistan to have announced his ‘conditional’ retirement from the international game.



Shahid Afridi, Pakistan’s captain at the 2011 World Cup, is reported by Geo TV in Pakistan to have announced his ‘conditional’ retirement from the international game. Afridi, 31, had quit Test cricket last year after the first Test of Pakistan’s tour of England, but remained an integral part of the limited-overs sides, which he continued to lead until the recent tour of the West Indies.

“When I took over, the Pakistan Cricket team was in the middle of the spot-fixing crisis,” Shahid Afridi was quoted by the Geo TV channel and the Jang newspaper. “Then the Zulqarnain Haider case happened, but my side fought both against England and South Africa in the ODI series. Then we beat New Zealand in New Zealand, and we got to the semi-final of the World Cup, and beat the West Indies there as well. But the way I’ve been treated the future doesn’t look too good. I can’t play under a board that doesn’t respect its players. Because of this, under protest, this is a conditional retirement.”

Shahid Afridi was axed as captain despite Pakistan Team’s 3-2 success in the ODI series, and replaced by Misbah-ul-Haq who has been in charge of the Test side as well. Though the board did not give official reasons for the removal, it was believed to be the result of growing differences Shahid Khan Afridi had with coach Waqar Younis, in particular over matters of selection.

“We had very solid reasons to remove Afridi and I will reveal them when the time is right,” PCB chairman Ijaz Butt had said. “We haven’t taken this action without any reasons.”

Reason why Afridi annouced retirement all of sudden

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