The famous cricketer announced his retirement from international cricket

Former captain of Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team Jawaria Khan has announced her retirement from international cricket.

National women’s cricketer Jawaria Khan started her 15-year ODI career on 6 May 2008 once morest Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup at Kurunegala Sri Lanka while she made her T20 International debut in 2009 once morest Ireland in Dublin.

Jawaria represented the Pakistan Women’s team in 228 international matches and scored 4,903 runs, including 2 centuries and 25 fifties, while also taking 28 wickets.

Jawaria is currently the second highest run-scorer for the Pakistan Women’s team in ODIs and T20Is, while Bismah is the only female cricketer from Pakistan to score more than 2,000 runs in each format apart from Maarif.

She represented Pakistan in 4 50-over World Cups and 8 T20 World Cups, while Jawaria Khan was also a part of the Pakistan Women’s Team squad that won gold medals in the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games held in China and South Korea.

Jawaria also captained the Pakistan Women’s team in 17 ODIs and 16 T20Is, she captained the team in 2 editions of the Women’s T20 World Cup (2018 and 2020).

The 35-year-old Karachi-born cricketer also participated in the PCB Level 2 Cricket Coaching Course held in Lahore in August last year.

In his statement posted on social networking website X, Jawaria Khan said that there is a time for everything and this is the time to announce my retirement, however I will remain available for league cricket. .

I am grateful for the support I have received throughout my career, I would like to thank my family, teammates, Pakistan Cricket Board, my organization ZTBL for their support and guidance every step of the way,” Jawaria Khan added. , I am proud of the honor of carrying the flag of Pakistan around the world.

Head of PCB Women’s Wing Tania Malik highly appreciated Joyria Khan’s services for Pakistan Women’s Cricket and said that on behalf of Pakistan Cricket Board and all cricket fans, she would like to thank Joyria Khan for her wonderful career and her services to Pakistan Cricket. I want to thank them.

“Her impressive records with the bat speak for themselves and I am sure that her brilliant career will inspire many girls in the country to not only take up the game but master it for many years,” she added. Dega, we thank them for their tireless commitment and wish them the best for the future.