Mohammad Amir Announces Retirement From International Cricket

In a shocking turn of events, Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir has announced his retirement from international cricket, citing mental torture from the senior team-management-led by Misbah-Ul Haq.

Amir, who turned heads last year, when he shockingly announced his retirement from Test cricket citing workload management issues, has said that he does not want to play under the current team management.

Amir said that he got a wake-up call after he was dropped from Pakistan’s squad for the limited-overs series against New Zealand.

“No, I am not going away from cricket. If you have seen the way the atmosphere over here and the way I have been sidelined. I got a wake-up call there when I was not selected in 35 boys. If I don’t get selected in 35-member squad, then it means to wake up call for me,” Mohammad Amir said in a video shared by Pakistan journalist Shoaib Jatt.

“I don’t think I can play cricket under this management. I think I should leave cricket this time. I am being tortured mentally. I don’t think I can tolerate any more torture now. I have seen a lot of torture from 2010 to 2015. I was away from the game and sentenced for my mistake,” he added.

Mohammad Amir came back to international cricket in July 2016 after having served a five-year ban due to his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal alongside Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt. Amir said that he was being repeatedly tortured by the team-management for the fact that PCB invested in him.

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He, however, thanked former PCB chief Nazam Sethi and former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi for the faith they showed in him post his comeback.

”I am being tortured again and again that PCB invested in me. I still give credit to the two people from PCB. I returned after completing the sentence of five years. Not that I returned after a year. Sethi sahab and Shahid Afridi, were the two people whom I will thank forever. Both of them supported me at a tough time. The rest of the team said that we will not play with Mohammad amir,” Amir said.

The member of the 2009 T20 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy-winning team, Mohammad Amir represented Pakistan in 36 Tests, 61 ODIs, and 50 T20Is, claiming 119, 81, and 59 wickets respectively.