{"id":6052,"date":"2022-02-13T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T10:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=6052"},"modified":"2022-02-13T11:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:03:16","slug":"shahid-afridi-withdraws-from-psl-after-gladiators-win-against-iu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/shahid-afridi-withdraws-from-psl-after-gladiators-win-against-iu\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahid Afridi withdraws from PSL after Gladiators&#8217; win against IU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Super League&#8217;s (PSL) franchise Quetta Gladiators suffered on Sunday a huge blow when the veteran all-rounder and former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi announced to withdraw from the league midway.<\/p>\n<p>Afridi\u2019s announcement came hours after the Gladiators&#8217; win against Islamabad United.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message released after the match, the Pakistani sixer king said that his body isn\u2019t allowing him to continue playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn old injury has made it difficult and the pain it is causing has become unbearable that I can\u2019t endure it anymore,\u201d Afridi said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he wanted to play further in the PSL for his fans and wanted it to end on a good note.<\/p>\n<p>The former cricketer also offered his apology to the Quetta Gladiators&#8217; chairman Nadeem Umar and his fans for taking his leave in the middle of the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your presence will be missed in the PSL Lala <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAfridiOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SAfridiOfficial<\/a>. You are the Pride of Pakistan for a reason. Get well soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HopeNotOut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HopeNotOut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Forever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Forever<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSz2thbvmW\">https:\/\/t.co\/wSz2thbvmW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shaheen Shah Afridi (@iShaheenAfridi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iShaheenAfridi\/status\/1492784780995399683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the injury, Afridi said that he has been carrying it for over 15 years and now it has started troubling him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy entire body was aching right from the first game [in PSL 7] and last night it became excruciating,\u201d Afridi told a privagte news channel after his announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s a difficult decision but health comes first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Afridi further stated that he will start his rehabilitation immediately and prepare to return back to the field for Kashmir Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Shah wishes Afridi speedy recovery<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Pakistan pacer and Lahore Qalandars skipper Shaheen Shah , who is going to be Afridi&#8217;s son-in-law reacted to the news in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen told Afridi that he is the pride of Pakistan and his &#8220;presence will be missed in the PSL&#8221;. He also wished Afridi a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your presence will be missed in the PSL Lala @SAfridiOfficial. You are the Pride of Pakistan for a reason. Get well soon,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/ncoc-allows-pcb-to-conduct-psl-matches-for-fully-vaccinated-individuals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCOC allows PCB to conduct PSL matches for fully vaccinated individuals<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Super League&#8217;s (PSL) franchise Quetta Gladiators suffered on Sunday a huge blow when the veteran all-rounder and former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi announced to withdraw from the league midway. Afridi\u2019s announcement came hours after the Gladiators&#8217; win against Islamabad United. In a video message released after the match, the Pakistani sixer king said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,6],"tags":[3938,967,541,4437,364],"class_list":["post-6052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-sports","tag-lahore-qalandars","tag-pakistan-super-league","tag-psl","tag-shahid-afridi-withdraws-from-psl-after-gladiators-win-against-iu","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6052","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}