Mohammad Nabi to take retirement from ODI cricket after Champions Trophy 2025

Afghanistan's star all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will retire from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy 2025 to be held in Pakistan. Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Naseeb Khan gave this information on Friday.

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"Yes, Nabi is retiring from ODIs after the Champions Trophy and he informed the board about his desire," Naseeb told Cricbuzz. "He told me few months back that he wants to end his ODI career after the Champions Trophy and we welcome his decision. After the Champions Trophy, what I understand is that, he is expected to continue his T20 career, and that is the plan until now," he added.

However, after the Champions Trophy 2025, Nabi will continue to play for Afghanistan in T20 cricket. Mohammad Nabi is currently a part of the Afghanistan team, where he is playing the ODI series against Bangladesh in Sharjah. Afghanistan team won the first ODI by 92 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Nabi had taken 84 runs and one wicket in 79 balls in the first ODI. Now the second and third ODI matches are to be played on November 9 and November 11 respectively.

Nabi's ODI career

Nabi is one of the most experienced players of Afghanistan's ODI team. He made an impact by scoring a half-century in his first ODI against Scotland in 2009. Nabi has so far scored 3,549 runs in 165 ODI matches and has also taken 171 wickets with one 5-wicket haul to his name.

Recently, in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, Nabi scored a brilliant 82 runs. Due to which his team was able to score a strong score and then defended it with the help of Allah Ghazanfar's six wickets.

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Took retirement from Test in 2019

Senior all-rounder Nabi had announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2019. While playing only 3 matches in Test, he has taken 33 runs with the bat and 8 wickets with the ball. Apart from this, he has also shown his talent in 24 matches of IPL. Nabi has scored 215 runs in this league at a fast strike rate of 143.33 and has also taken 15 wickets in bowling. Nabi has led the Afghanistan cricket team to victory on many occasions with his experience and all-round play.

The Champions Trophy 2025 is slated to begin on February 19, 2025, with Pakistan facing New Zealand in Karachi.