Yusuf Pathan announces retirement from all forms of cricket

TIL Desk Sports/ Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who made a name for himself as a power-hitter, on Friday, announced retirement from all forms of cricket, saying time has come ‘to put a full stop to this innings of my life’.

The 38-year-old Pathan was part of the inaugural T20 World Cup-winning Indian team in 2007 and also the one that triumphed in the 2011 ODI World Cup at home. “The time has come today for me to put a full stop to this innings of my life. I officially announce retirement from all forms of the game,” he said in a statement posted on Twitter.

“I thank my family, friends, fans, teams, coaches and the whole country wholeheartedly for all the support and love,” he wrote. Pathan, elder brother of former India seamer Irfan, played 57 ODIs and scored 810 runs at a strike-rate of 113.60 with two hundreds and three fifties.