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    Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi to retire from ODIs after 2025 Champions Trophy

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    Hindustan Times

    November 12, 2024, 6:20 p.m.

    Last modified: November 12, 2024, 06:25 pm

    Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has confirmed that he wants to retire from the ODI format after the Champions Trophy 2025. The 39-year-old made his plans clear after the end of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, which Afghanistan won 2-1. According to ESPNcricinfo, the all-rounder has already informed the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) that he wants to continue playing T20Is.

    “In my opinion, I was dropped from the last World Cup, but then we qualified for the Champions Trophy and I felt if I could play that, it would be great,” Nabi told the host broadcaster after the third ODI, according to ESPNcricinfo. .

    “We’ll see, but no, I won’t play for long. God willing, after the Champions Trophy we will say goodbye to the ODIs,” he added.

    Mohammad Nabi is Afghanistan’s most capped ODI player with 167 appearances in this format. According to the ICC Rankings, he is also the world’s number one all-rounder.

    He has played for Afghanistan since the country’s ODI debut in 2009 against Scotland. Having scored 3,600 runs, he is Afghanistan’s second highest scorer in ODIs.

    Nabi also has 172 wickets, the second highest in Afghanistan, with an average of 32.47.

    2025 will mark Afghanistan’s first appearance in the Champions Trophy. The 2025 Champions Trophy will mark Afghanistan’s first appearance in the tournament. They qualified for the tournament after finishing sixth in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.

    The eight-team Champions Trophy, which is currently scheduled to be played in Pakistan, will feature hosts Pakistan and seven other top teams from the last ODI World Cup.

    Mohammad Nabi captained Afghanistan during the team’s first appearance at the 50-over World Cup in 2015. He also played for the country in the 2019 and 2023 editions.

    He had retired from the longest format of the game in 2019.

    Recently, Mohammad Nabi was named Player of the Series after Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh 2-1 in the three-match ODI series.


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