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No farewell match for Afridi?

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Published on September 23, 2016 with No Comments

 

The plan to give all-rounder Shahid Afridi a farewell match has been dropped by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). As per reports, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq had both agreed to pick Afridi in the T20 squad for the upcoming series against West Indies.

The plan, it is learnt, has been dropped after Najam Sethi, a senior member of the board, objected to it. “Sethi said the board would be setting a wrong precedent by including Afridi as the 16th player in the squad merely to give him a chance to play his farewell international match,” the source said. The all-rounder, who appeared in 398 ODIs and 98 T20Is and captained Pakistan in all three formats, stepped down as skipper after a poor show in the World T20 in India this April.

Inzamam says Afridi deserves farwell match      

Former caption Inzamam-ul-Haq believes that Afridi deserves a farewell match after serving the country for almost two decades. “In my opinion, Shahid deserves a farewell match so that he can retire in a befitting manner,” said Inzamam.

 

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