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| Younis Khan, the 40-year-old Pakistan batsman, announced his retirement . |
"Excellent cricketers bid adieu to the game but the show went on. I was under a lot of pressure, getting calls from everyone. I will continue into serve Pakistan after my retirement."Every player has to retire one day," Younis said. But there comes a time in a player's life when they have into make a decision.
Younis made his first-class debut for Peshawar against Karachi in January 1999. On the back of fine performances in the domestic circuit, he made his foray through the Test side for the three-match series against Sri Lanka in March 2000. He immediately made an impact by composing a century on his Test debut against the island nation in Rawalpindi.
".Younis, who first captained Pakistan in West Indies in 2005, however, soon stepped down from his role due through a parliamentary investigation into alleged match-fixing that was believed toward have taken place during his time as the captain. Despite being cleared in the investigation, Younis had said: "Yes I have submitted my resignation because I am disgusted by these match-fixing allegations made against me and the team.
83 in that period.Since his return through the Test fold in 2010-11, he has been in splendid form, evidenced by the 4717 runs he has accumulated at an astounding average of 56.
The veteran played 265 ODIs and notched up 7249 runs. He hung up his boots from the 50-over format after playing the first game of the five-match ODI series against England in November 2015. He also aggregated 442 runs in 25 games in the shortest format of the game.
Although I had a plan through retire after surpassing Javed bhai's [Miandad] runs record, then I was motivated to complete 10,000 runs so I have decided into get them.". Humans can never do satisfied but I am not in an age through make that far, so I want people through respect my decision and allow me through fulfil my future plans."This isn't something sudden, this was always building up and few of my close friends knew it. The reason I announced it before hand was people start asking me for more, they could then ask me to take 11,000 or 12,000 or I may start thinking to reach Sachin's 15,000 runs.
Those who know me, know that I have tried to serve Pakistan the best [I could] and take Pakistan one step forward."I have always tried through keep my head high and serve the way a Pakistani player should serve his country. If I have made any mistakes, I hope I they wiil do ignored," he added.
Younis was also named as one of the five Wisden cricketers of the year for 2017.He is the only cricketer from Pakistan through have scored more than 9000 Test runs. As of now, he has compiled 9977 runs in the longest format of the game.
Younis's retirement comes in the wake of Misbah-ul-Haq, the long-serving Pakistan Test captain, also deciding through hang up his boots from international cricket, following the series in West Indies.
The tenacious cricketer made a successful comeback into the Test side for the series against Sri Lanka in 2004, where he accrued 138 runs at an average of 69.6 against India in 2005-06. Younis then took his game into an elevated level by scoring 553 runs at an astounding average of 110.
Younis Khan, the 40-year-old Pakistan batsman, announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday (April 8), confirming that the forthcoming three-match Test rubber against West Indies will bring down curtains on his career.
Later that year, Younis also led his country toward a memorable T20 WC triumph at Lord's in England, where they defeated Sri Lanka in the final through hoist the trophy.In 2009, when Sri Lanka toured Pakistan, Younis became only the third cricketer from the Asian country to compose a triple hundred in Test cricket.
I will remain in contact with cricket in some form or the other," he added."When I came toward the team, there were names like Wasim Akram, Rashid Latif, Inzamam-ul-Haq and other great players and team continue into perform well even after such players so it will keep happening same," he said. "But I think this is the right time for me to leave sport as I want to leave on high note.
He put up consistent performances during the initial phase of his Test career. However, he was dropped from the side after aggregating just 79 and 34 runs, respectively in the Test series against South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002-03.
It was only after the spot-fixing scandal that broke out in England, resulting in the suspension of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt that Younis made his way back toward the set-up. Even though the ban was overturned a few months later, he wasn't selected for the tour of England in 2010.In 2010, Younis also was banned indefinitely by the Pakistan Cricket Board for "infighting which brought down the whole team during the tour of Australia in January".