DTVHINDIMohammad Nabi: Star Afghan all-rounder is about to retire, will say goodbye to ODI format after playing in this tournament
Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images) Afghanistan’s star all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will retire from the ODI format after the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan next year. Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive (CEO) Naseeb Khan told Cricbuzz that the 39-year-old, who retired from Test cricket in 2019, will also retire from the 50-over format after the ICC tournament. Mohammad Nabi made his ODI debut in 2009 against Scotland. He impressed everyone by scoring a half-century in his very first match. He has played 165 ODIs so far in which he has scored 3549 runs at an average of 27.30 and also taken 171 wickets. He is currently playing the ODI series against Bangladesh in UAE. Mohammad Nabi may retire from ODIs Naseeb Khan also said that Nabi can continue playing T20 after his retirement from ODI cricket. “Yes, Nabi is retiring from ODIs after the Champions Trophy and he has informed the board about his wish,” Naseeb told Cricbuzz. He told me a few months ago that he wanted to end his ODI career after the Champions Trophy and we welcome his decision. After the Champions Trophy, I think, he is expected to continue his T20 career and that is the plan as of now.” Mohammad Nabi played a brilliant inning of 82 runs in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh going on in UAE. Due to his innings, Afghanistan was successful in reaching the score of 235 in that match. Defending it, Allah Ghazanfar led his team to victory by taking 6 wickets. The second and third ODIs of the series will take place on November 9 and 11 respectively.
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Playing XI of both the teams for the match: Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara. impact player: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brewis, Romario Shepherd. Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy. impact player: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Shrikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya.
