Yusuf Pathan Announces Retirement from All Forms of Cricket

Yusuf Pathan Announces Retirement from All Forms of Cricket

Former Indian Cricket all-rounder, Yusuf Pathan, known for hard-hitting middle-order batsman announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Friday.

In his retirement statement (read full statement below) mention “I thank my family, friends, fans, teams, coaches and the whole country wholeheartedly for all the support and love,”

Yusuf Pathan played…

57 One Day International matches, scores 810 ODI runs.
22 T20 International matches and made 236 T20 runs for India.
Part of the Indian team that won the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 and ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Picked 46 wickets in limited-overs international cricket.

Pathan was made a part of the Indian squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, held in South Africa in September 2007. He made his Twenty20 international debut in the final against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match, and scored 15 runs in the process.

Following his good showing in the IPL, he was selected for the Indian one-day team. After IPL, though he played all the games in the Kitply Cup and Asia Cup, he got to bat only four times and could not perform well with both bat and ball. He was later dropped from the series against Sri Lanka. He performed well in domestic circuit and impressed the selectors and was selected for the England ODI series in November. He scored a fifty off just 29 balls in the second ODI against England in Indore, on his 26th birthday. Yusuf had made his One Day International debut for India against Pakistan in Dhaka on 10 June 2008. He became a regular feature of the national One Day International team, but is yet to make his test debut

Yusuf Pathan Retirement Statement…

I still remember the day when I wore the India jersey for the first time. I didn’t only wear the jersey that day, but I took upon my family’s, coach’s, friends’, the whole country’s and my own expectations on my shoulders as well. Since my childhood, my life has revolved only around Cricket. I played at international level, domestic level and in the IPL in my career. But today is a bit different. There is no World Cup or IPL final today, but it is equally important. The time has come today for me to put a full stop to this innings of my life. I officially announce retirement from all forms of the game. I thank my family, friends, fans, teams, coaches, and the whole country wholeheartedly for all the support and love. I am sure you will continue to encourage me in future as well. Winning two World Cups for India and lifting Sachin Tendulkar on my shoulders were some of the best moments of my career. I made my international debut under day MS Dhoni, IPL debut under Shane Warne, Ranji debut under Jacob Martin and would like to thank them for believing in me. I thank Gautam Gambhir with whom, at KKR, we won the IPL trophy twice. I would also like to thank my brother and backbone Irfan Pathan who was always there for me during the highs and lows of my career. Last but not the least, I would like to thank the BCCI & BCA for giving me the opportunity to play for my country and state. Nothing can keep me away from cricket and my passion for the sport will remain the same. I will continue to entertain everyone even in future.

I thank my family, friends, fans, teams, coaches and the whole country wholeheartedly for all the support and love. #retirement pic.twitter.com/usOzxer9CE
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) February 26, 2021