{"id":106699,"date":"2026-04-06T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=106699"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:50:19","slug":"fakhar-zaman-breaks-silence-on-t20i-retirement-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/fakhar-zaman-breaks-silence-on-t20i-retirement-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Fakhar Zaman breaks silence on T20I retirement rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: National cricket team batsman <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/mohammad-naeem-vows-strong-team-response-despite-fakhar-zaman-absence\/\">Fakhar Zaman<\/a> has broken his silence on the news of his retirement from T20 Internationals.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Fakhar Zaman said that he had decided to retire from T20 cricket after the World Cup, but now he has no intention of retiring. He said that he wants to finish T20 cricket in a good way.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that 35-year-old Fakhar Zaman has been an important player for Pakistan&#8217;s T20 team.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored 2,494 runs in 120 matches with a strike rate of 132.51, including 14 half-centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Fakhar Zaman also represents Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League and is part of the team for the 11th consecutive season, where he has performed brilliantly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca5c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ca5c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naseem Shah ruled out of PSL indefinitely due to injury<\/h3>\n<p>Pakistani fast bowler Naseem Shah has been declared unavailable from the current Pakistan Super League\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/islamabad-united-crush-rawalpindi-by-7-wickets-in-psl-11\/\">(PSL)<\/a>\u00a0due to an injury.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement came from his Franchise, the Rawalpindi Pindiz. The management said that the pacer will not be available in the coming matches due to the injury he sustained.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as a big blow to Naseem Shah\u2019s team since he is one of their best bowlers. He had performed very well in the past matches.<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi Pindez management says that fast bowler Naseem Shah suffered a side injury against Karachi Kings. Due to the injury, Naseem Shah has been ruled out of the team indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Team management says that the team\u2019s medical staff is monitoring the fast bowler\u2019s recovery. It is hoped that Naseem Shah will be able to return in the final stages of the tournament after rehab and fitness clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi Pindiz management says that they stand by Naseem Shah and continue to fully support him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: National cricket team batsman Fakhar Zaman has broken his silence on the news of his retirement from T20 Internationals. In his statement, Fakhar Zaman said that he had decided to retire from T20 cricket after the World Cup, but now he has no intention of retiring. He said that he wants to finish T20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":66045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1250],"class_list":["post-106699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-fakhar-zaman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106700,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106699\/revisions\/106700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}