PTI
Karachi, Sept 12: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to give flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi a chance to officially announce his retirement from international cricket during the Twenty20 series against West Indies in UAE later this month.
According to a report in the ‘Daily Jang’, here Monday, the PCB wants to Afridi to retire on his own after being ignored for the lone T20 game against England and last week.
The former Pakistan captain has insisted that he wants to continue playing cricket and is available for national selection.
“Apparently the board and national selectors don’t agree and feel that Afridi should retire gracefully although he can continue to play in foreign leagues and domestic cricket,” one PCB source has been quoted as saying.
The source added that since Pakistan after the T20 series against the West Indies will not be playing another T20 international until next April, it wants to provide Afridi a chance of calling it quits in an honourable manner.
“The plan is to talk to Afridi and explain to him the options. He will be told that there is no future for him for the next World T20 event. He will be included in the side against the Windies as the 16th player so that he can play and bow out with full national honours,” the source informed. “The PCB also wants to organise a grand farewell for him in Dubai.”