Afghanistan pace bowler Naveen-ul-Haq is all set retire from ODIs after the forthcoming ICC World Cup in India. starting on October 5. The right-arm quick is back in the ODI side after a gap of two years.
Naveen missed the two-match T20I series against Bangladesh due to knee injury and went to England to have a minor knee operation but the pace bowler told Cricbuzz on Wednesday (September 27) that he is planning to quit ODIs on the advice of a physician as that is the only way to prolong his career.
“I’ll be retiring from ODI cricket after this World Cup,” Naveen told Cricbuzz. “Because of the workload and recent injuries that I have came across that’s (quit longer format cricket and concentrate on shorter format cricket) what I have been advised by my doctors & physiotherapist,” he said.
“To prolong my career I have to leave the longer format and concentrate on T20 cricket,” he said. “Luckily I have been declared fit to play in the World Cup but had been advised to cut down the entire longer-format cricket due to the injury that I have got and focus on shorter formats, and that is down to managing workload,” he added.
Naveen is already considered a hot commodity in franchise-based cricket and left his mark for Lucknow Super Giants in the last edition of Indian Premier League for Lucknow Super Giants, with 11 wickets in 8 matches.
