LAHORE – Azhar Ali has been retired from one-day cricket, Pakistan’s senior batsman announced this during a press conference at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
The cricketer has said that he will only focus on Test cricket now. “I did not take this decision in a hurry,” the 33-year-old said. He added, “I will keep playing Test and domestic cricket for Pakistan.” The batsman said that he supports Pakistani captain Sarfraz Ahmed.
Debuting in 2011 against Ireland, Ali represented Pakistan in 53 ODIs and took charge of the team in the fifty-over format in 2015.
He scored 1,845 runs at an average of 36.9, including three centuries and 12 half-centuries. Ali last played an ODI match on January 13, 2018, against New Zealand.
