Pakistan’s Asif Ali poses with the Participant of the Match trophy after their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2021 match towards Afghanistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on October 29, 2021. — ICC
Proper-handed Pakistani batter Asif Ali introduced retirement from worldwide cricket on Monday, saying carrying the Pakistani jersey was a “proudest chapter” of his life.
The center-order batsman wrote: “Wearing the Pakistan jersey has been the greatest honour of my life, and serving my country on the cricket field has been my proudest chapter.”
The hard-hitter expressed gratitude in the direction of his followers, colleagues, and coaches for supporting him at “every high and low”.
“To my family and friends, who stood with me in moments of joy and in the deepest of trials, including the loss of my beloved daughter during the World Cup, your strength carried me forward,” he added.
Ali, who commenced his worldwide profession in 2018 and appeared in his final match towards Bangladesh in October 2023, throughout the Asian Video games, performed 58 T20Is and 21 ODIs in 5 years of his cricket journey.
In whole, he scored 959 runs, together with three centuries in each codecs.
He remained a part of the Pakistani squad within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in 2022 and 2021.
Within the T20I World Cup 2021 semi-final, Asif performed a memorable innings towards New Zealand and Afghanistan.
