Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq. (Source: Twitter)
Afghanistan and Lucknow Super Giants pacer Naveen-ul-Haq, who struck the headings throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season previously this year after his clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Virat Kohli, made a shock statement ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 which gets underway next month. Naveen, who becomes part of the Afghanistan ODI team, revealed his choice to retire from ODI cricket at the age of simply 24 years after making a return to this format after 2 years.
Naveen missed out on the two-match T20I series versus Bangladesh due to knee injury and went to England to have a small knee operation. The LSG speed bowler informed Cricbuzz site on Wednesday that he is preparing to give up ODIs on the recommendations of a doctor as that is the only method to extend his profession.
“I’ll be retiring from ODI cricket after this World Cup,” Naveen informed Cricbuzz site. “Because of the work and current injuries that I have stumbled upon that’s (stop longer format cricket and focus on much shorter format cricket) what I have actually been encouraged by my physicians & & physio therapist,” he stated.
All the very best for what’s to come, Naveen _ pic.twitter.com/xUmXF3EgGj– Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) September 27, 2023
Naveen-ul-Haq was associated with a brawl with Virat Kohli after the LSG vs RCB IPL 2023 match previously this year. While Kohli and LSG coach Gautam Gambhir were docked 100 percent of their match charges, Naveen-ul-Haq needed to pay 50 percent of his match charges.
“To lengthen my profession I need to leave the longer format and focus on T20 cricket. Thankfully I have actually been stated healthy to play on the planet Cup however had actually been encouraged to lower the whole longer-format cricket due to the injury that I have actually got and concentrate on much shorter formats, which is down to handling work,” he included.
Naveen is currently thought about a hot product in franchise-based cricket and left his mark for Lucknow Super Giants in the last edition of Indian Premier League for Lucknow Super Giants, with 11 wickets in 8 matches.
The Afghanistan pacer will be up versus Virat Kohli, in a much-anticipated clash when India handle Afghanistan in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 on October 11 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.