Former Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan on Sunday obtained a guard of honour from the Namibia group in his farewell match. The 33-year-old scored 31 runs in his final innings for Afghanistan.
Namibia’s captain Gerhard Erasmus (heart) greets Afghanistan’s Asghar Afghan as he walks in to bat after he introduced retirement from all worldwide cricket (Picture Courtesy: AFP)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Former Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan receives guard of honour from Namibia
- Asghar Afghan scored a artful 23-ball 31 in his final outing for Afghanistan
- I need to give probability to children. I believe this can be a good alternative for that, says Afghan
In his farewell match, former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan obtained guard of honour from gamers of Namibia throughout their match in Namibia on Sunday.
Asghar Afghan scored a artful 23-ball 31(3×4, 1×6) in his final outing for Afghanistan.
Asghar was visibly emotional whereas chatting with the broadcasters.
What a profession for Asghar Afghan!#T20WorldCup https://t.co/HNKGMe65dv
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 31, 2021
“I need to give probability to children. I believe this can be a good alternative for that,” Afghan instructed the broadcaster.
When requested why he determined to retire in the course of the event, he stated: “Most individuals are asking me why now nevertheless it’s one thing I can not clarify. Within the final match, we had been harm an excessive amount of, and that is why I made a decision to retire.”
“There are many reminiscences, it is tough for me, however I’ve to retire.”
Earlier right now, former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan introduced his retirement from all codecs of the sport after their T20 World Cup assembly with Namibia on Sunday, the nation’s cricket board stated on Twitter.
Afghanistan’s ex captain Asghar Afghan who holds the very best profitable streak as a captain in T20 internationals surpassing Indian legend Ms Dhoni by one additional win, decides to bid farewell with all codecs of cricket in Afghanistan’s third match towards Namibia at @T20WorldCup.
1/1 pic.twitter.com/4nxfeoctjj— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) October 30, 2021
The 33-year-old Afghan – earlier often known as Asghar Stanikzai – made his worldwide debut in 2009 in a one-day recreation towards Scotland in Benoni and has 2,424 runs from 114 video games within the 50-over format at a mean of 24.73.
He has scored 1,351 runs in 74 T20 internationals at a mean of 21.79 and performed within the group’s loss to Pakistan within the World Cup on Friday.
Afghan captained his nation of their maiden take a look at match in Bengaluru in 2018 and performed six video games within the recreation’s longest format, scoring 440 runs.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board stated it welcomed and revered Afghan’s determination and thanked him for his service. “It would take plenty of exhausting work for younger Afghan cricketers to fill his footwear.
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