Younis Khan Announces Retirement from International Cricket
Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has reported that he will resign from global cricket after the Test series against West Indies in the not so distant future. (Pakistan chief Misbah-ul-Haq to resign after Test series against West Indies)
Younis is required to make a formal declaration about the same at a question and answer session later in the day.
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The news about Younis' retirement takes after a comparative declaration from Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who affirmed not long ago that the series against West Indies would be his last.
Naming Younis as 'one of the best batsman' Pakistan have ever had, previous Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said that the 40-year-old has dependably been proactive in all branches of the amusement and that everybody regards him for the same.
"Younis Khan is one of the best batsmen we have had. What's more, he has constantly given his best for Pakistan," Akram said.
"Younis was dependably a persevering player. He was proactive in all fields of the amusement, regardless of whether it was batting, handling, helping other people out amid practice. He was an appropriate team man. The way he has taken care of his picture, he will dependably be regarded for it," he included.
Younis is only 23 runs shy of turning into the primary Pakistan batsman to achieve 10,000 Test runs. He has 9,977 keeps running in 115 Test coordinates, the most elevated run total for a Pakistani batsman in Test cricket.
He, in any case, is a piece of the Test squad that is set to play a three-coordinate series against West Indies, starting April 21 at Sabina Park in Jamaica.
In January, Younis Khan turned into the principal cricketer in Test history to score hundreds of years in 11 nations when he crushed his 34th hundred in the third Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), tying him with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene and Brian Lara in the unequaled rundown at sixth place.