Pakistan’s Test Captain Misbah ul Haq has announced that he will retire after taking on traditional rivals India for one last time.
According to local media reports, Misbah said, “I know very well that there is not much cricket left in me. Yes, I want to play a few more Test matches as I look forward to life beyond cricket. If the series against India happens, I want to play that series and probably retire from international cricket. So the India series can be my last one”.
Having already retired from T20 Internationals and ODIs, Misbah spoke about the pros and cons of being an international cricketer, who only plays the longer format.
"You can view this aspect from two sides. If I talk about the difficult part of it, it is the gaps that might affect a cricketer's form. Take a player, who plays all three international formats. That cricketer is playing round the year and is effortlessly switching from one format to other. But when you are just playing Test cricket, it becomes a challenge since there will be gaps. You straightaway cannot get into the groove but it's hard work as you don't have it easy in Test cricket. That's the difficult part," feels Misbah.
The Pakistan’s victorious captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who has played 4000 runs from 52 Tests and 5122 runs from 162 ODIs and has an impressive record of his country to their highest ever run-chase against Sri Lanka at Pallekele achieving the 377-run fourth innings target.
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