Younis Khan announces ODI retirement

 Younis Khan - "I always tried my best to play positive cricket for my team both as captain and as a player"

Pakistan hitter Younis Khan can bring the curtains down on his ODI career once the primary match against England at the ruler Zayed sports stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Younis, 37, compete 264 matches in associate ODI career that spanned fifteen years. With 7240 runs, Younis is presently sixth on the list of highest run-getters for West Pakistan in ODIs. Earlier this month, he overtook Javed Miandad's record to become Pakistan's highest run-scorer in Tests.

Overall, Younis scored seven a whole bunch and forty eight fifties at a median of thirty one.34, however had been on the fringes of the limited-overs facet in recent months; he managed only 1 century since 2008, against New Zealand last December.

"I am very happy to announce that these days i'm retiring from ODI cricket once deliberation with my family, wife, and shut friends," Younis aforementioned. "I feel glad and grateful to almighty for showering various blessings on Maine. it's one among the his nice blessings that I, by my very own can, have taken this call to retire from ODI cricket once having retired from T20 cricket already."

Explaining his call, Younis aforementioned that he had to be honest with himself whereas considering his ODI future. "During my 15-year long association with ODI cricket, I continuously tried my best to play positive cricket for my team each as captain and as a player. however currently I feel that the time has come back after I ought to decision it on a daily basis from one-day cricket," Younis, WHO captained West Pakistan in 2 stints, 1st in 2005-06 and later in 2009, said. "I hope that our young players can exhibit constant passion with that I compete my game with strict adherence to discipline and fitness.

"I would really like to convey the PCB, choice committee and my fellow players WHO continuously revered and inspired Maine. it's troublesome to bid good-bye to one-day format, however i feel in being sincere and honest with myself moreover like my profession. West Pakistan cricket contains a bright future ahead. we've got been the champions during this game once and that i believe we've got all necessary ingredients to become champions another time."

While Younis has been in fine type in check cricket, grading eight a whole bunch from his last fifteen matches at a median of sixty eight.68, his records in ODI were less spectacular. Last year, once being born from the ODI squad for the house series against Australia, a hurt Younis lashed out at the PCB, difficult the board to create a team while not him within the combine. Despite being out of favour in ODIs at the time, Younis eventually came to the squad for the house series against New Zealand, and was addition all yen closed within the team's World Cup squad. He but had a tournament to forget, grading simply 3} runs from three matches and was eventually axed from the line-up.

Younis' ODI retirement leaves him as an energetic international jock in exactly Tests. He had retired from Twenty 20 Internationals once leading West Pakistan to the globe T20 title in 2009 in European nation, their 1st trophy on the worldwide stage since the 1992 World Cup win.