Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq is all set to retire from the ODI format after the conclusion of the upcoming Cricket World Cup.  Afghanistan’s 24-year-old pacer is in line to face Virat Kohli after he was referred to as up for the World Cup earlier this month. Naveen who made his ODI debut in 2016, hasn’t featured for Afghanistan within the ODI format since January 2021. Last 12 months he was in competition to return within the format however stated that he was taking a break from the format. Now only a week away from the action-packed event, Naveen introduced his choice to retire from the 50-over format.

He took to Instagram to announce his choice and wrote, “It has been an absolute honour to represent my country and I would like to announce my retirement from the ODI format at end of this World Cup and will continue to wear this blue jersey in T20 cricket for my country.”

“It hasn’t been an easy decision to make but to prolong my playing career, I had to take this tough decision would like to thank the Afghanistan Cricket Board and all my fans for their support and unwavering love,” Naveen additional added in his submit.

Naveen is ready to make his return within the format main the cost with the ball alongside Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman and allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai.

Omarzai missed out on the not too long ago concluded ODI collection in opposition to Pakistan because of an harm however has additionally made his comeback.

Afghanistan’s star-studded spin assault will as soon as once more revolve across the likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Noor Ahmad.

Afghanistan squad:Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil,Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Abdul Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-Ul-Haq

Reserves:Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad.