Champions Trophy 2025: Mohammad Nabi announces retirement from ODIs

Afghanistan's veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will be seen for the last time in ODI cricket in the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Champions Trophy 2025: Mohammad Nabi announces retirement from ODIs

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, Nabi will continue to play for Afghanistan in T20 cricket after the Champions Trophy.

'Yes, Nabi is retiring from ODIs after the Champions Trophy and he had already informed the board about his wish. He had told me a few months ago that he wants to end his ODI career after the Champions Trophy. We welcome his decision.

Mohammad Nabi is one of the most experienced players in Afghanistan's ODI team. He made an impact by scoring a half-century in his first ODI against Scotland in 2009. Nabi has so far scored 3,549 runs in 165 ODIs and has also taken 171 wickets.

Nabi played a brilliant innings of 82 runs in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. With this, his team was able to put up a strong score and then defended it with the help of Allah Ghazanfar's six wickets. Senior all-rounder Nabi announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2019. Nabi has played 3 Test matches for Afghanistan. Apart from this, he has also shown his flair in 24 IPL matches. 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 game.

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