New Delhi. Afghanistan’s star all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will retire from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan next year. Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Naseeb Khan gave this information on Friday. However, after the Champions Trophy, Nabi will continue to play for Afghanistan in T20 cricket. “Yes, Nabi is retiring from ODIs after the Champions Trophy and he had already informed the board about his wish,” Naseeb Khan told Cricbuzz. He had told me a few months ago that he wanted to end his ODI career after the Champions Trophy. We welcome his decision. He further said that we hope that he continues his T20 career. 39-year-old Nabi is one of the most experienced players of Afghanistan’s ODI team.
He made an impact in 2009 by scoring a half-century in his first ODI against Scotland. Nabi has so far scored 3,549 runs in 165 ODI matches and has also taken 171 wickets. Recently, in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, Nabi scored a brilliant 82 runs, due to which his team was able to post a strong score and then defended it with the help of Allah Ghazanfar’s six wickets. Senior all-rounder Nabi (Mohammad Nabi) had announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2019. Nabi has played 3 test matches for Afghanistan. Apart from this, he has also shown his talent in 24 matches of IPL. He has scored 215 runs in this league at a fast strike rate of 143.33 and has also taken 15 wickets in bowling. Nabi has led the Afghanistan cricket team to victory on many occasions with his experience and all-round play.