Mohammad Nabi, a name that has contributed significantly in taking the afghanistan cricket team to great heights. Now he says that he is going to retire from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy 2025. afghanistan recently defeated bangladesh 2-1 in the three-match ODI series. After Afghanistan's 5-wicket win in the last match of the series, Nabi surprised everyone by confirming his retirement in the post-match presentation.
Mohammad Nabi scored 135 runs while batting in this series, where his highest score was 84 runs. Apart from this, he also took two wickets in bowling, for this performance he was chosen as the Player of the Series. While receiving the award, Mohammad Nabi said, "I had made up my mind to retire after the last World Cup, but then we qualified for the Champions Trophy. I felt that I could play in this tournament."
World's number-1 all-rounder
Mohammad Nabi has been playing for afghanistan since 2009. In his nearly decade-and-a-half-long career, he has represented his country in 167 ODIs so far. During this, he has also taken 3,600 runs in batting and 172 wickets in bowling. Nabi is currently the world's number-1 all-rounder in ODI cricket. From making his debut against scotland in 2009 to the last clash against bangladesh, he has also scored 2 centuries and 17 fifties in ODIs. There is not a single indian in the top-10 all-rounder list of ODI cricket.
How many teams are in the Champions Trophy?
The ICC last organized the Champions Trophy in 2017, in which pakistan registered a historic victory. Now after eight years, this tournament is going to return, which will be organized in Pakistan. For this, those 8 teams have qualified, which were in the first eight places in the points table of the 2023 ODI World Cup. afghanistan qualified directly for the Champions Trophy by finishing sixth in that World Cup. Since india has refused to go to pakistan to play the Champions Trophy, the schedule of the Champions Trophy has not been finalised yet.
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