Shoaib Malik: “I am happy and satisfied after playing for so many years. I have no interest in playing for Pakistan again”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has revealed that he has “no interest in playing for Pakistan again”.
He noted that he is enjoying playing in domestic T20 leagues and plans to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.
While the 42-year-old from Sialkot has yet to announce his retirement from T20Is, he made it clear that he will do so in due course.
“No, I am happy and satisfied after playing for so many years. I have no interest in playing for Pakistan again. I have already announced retirement from two formats. I have been playing league cricket, and enjoying my time, wherever I get an opportunity to play, I try to avail it,” he was quoted as saying by A Sports.
“I have no interest but as I said in my previous interviews I will announce my retirement from all forms of cricket once and for all.”
Malik was not part of Pakistan’s squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup, where the men in green lost to the United States of America and India before bouncing back to take down Canada and Ireland.
Despite ending the group stage on a high, they failed to make it through to the Super Eights.
Pakistan Squad for 2024 T20 World Cup:Â Babar Azam (capt), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed