Senior Afghanistan batsman Asghar Afghan will exit from all formats of the play after his side’s T20 WC Super 12 match against Namibia on Sunday.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) declared the 33-year-old former captain’s retiral on its Twitter handle on Saturday. “Afghanistan’s ex captain Asghar Afghan who holds the highest winning streak as a captain in T20 internationals surpassing Indian legend MS Dhoni by one extra win, decides to bid farewell with all formats of cricket in Afghanistan’s third match against Namibia at @T20WorldCup,” the ACB said.
“@ACBofficials welcomes and respects his decision, expresses gratitudes for his services to the country. It will take a lot of hard work for young Afghan cricketers to fill his shoes,” said ACB in another tweet.
The right-handed batter has played in 6 Tests, 114 ODIs and 74 T20Is after debuting in 2009. He has scored 440 runs at an average of 44 in Tests, 2424 runs in ODIs at an average of 24.73 and 1351 runs in T20Is at an average of 21.79.
