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Ex-Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik retires from ODI cricket

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jul 06, 2019, at 06:10 am

London, July 6 (IBNS): Former Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik, who has played several memorable knocks with his bat, retired from the ODI format of the game on Friday after his side defeated Bangladesh in their last World Cup match.

Both Pakistan and Bangladesh failed to reach the semi-finals of the tournament.

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 94 runs.

Malik will continue to play the T20 format.

Malik played three matches in the major cricket event of the year.

In his ODI career, Malik 287 played One-day Internationals (ODIs) and scored 7534 runs at an average of 34.55.

Hashtags like #ShaoibMalik and #ThakYouMalik are trending on Twitter.

Today I retire from One Day International cricket. Huge Thank you to all the players I have played with, coaches I have trained under, family, friends, media, and sponsors. Most importantly my fans, I love you all#PakistanZindabad ðŸ‡µðŸ‡° pic.twitter.com/zlYvhNk8n0
— Shoaib Malik ðŸ‡µðŸ‡° (@realshoaibmalik) July 5, 2019

Malik tweeted: " Today I retire from One Day International cricket. Huge Thank you to all the players I have played with, coaches I have trained under, family, friends, media, and sponsors. Most importantly my fans, I love you all#PakistanZindabad ."

9ï¸âƒ£ centuries
4ï¸âƒ£4ï¸âƒ£ half-centuries
1ï¸âƒ£5ï¸âƒ£8ï¸âƒ£ wickets
7ï¸âƒ£5ï¸âƒ£3ï¸âƒ£4ï¸âƒ£ runs

Shoaib Malik has retired from ODI cricket. What a career he's had ðŸ‘#PAKvBAN | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/DJqc0w4YrO
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 5, 2019

#ShoaibMalik #ShoaibMalikRetires

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