Pakistan's second cricketer retires in 2 days, big news comes after losing the T20 series in South Africa.

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The trend of players retiring continues in Pakistan cricket. For the second consecutive day, another Pakistani cricketer has announced his retirement. This time Pakistan's fast bowler Mohammad Aamir announced his retirement. Aamir announced his retirement through social media. A day before Aamir, Pakistan's spin all-rounder Imad Wasim had also announced his retirement.

Aamir retired for the second time in 3 years.

This is Mohammad Aamir's second retirement in the last 3 years. He first announced his retirement in the year 2021, after which he returned to international cricket again in March 2023. 21 months after returning from the first retirement, he has now announced his retirement again.

What did Aamir say while retiring?

Announcing his retirement, the left-arm Pakistani fast bowler wrote on social media that he had taken this decision after a lot of thought. It was not easy to do this. This is a necessary decision taken in the interest of Pakistan cricket so that new talents and youth get a chance to come forward and play for the country. It is a matter of good fortune for me that I represented my country in cricket. I want to thank PCB, my family and friends for their support in this.

Mohammad Aamir's performance for Pakistan

32-year-old Mohammad Aamir has played 36 Tests, 61 ODIs and 62 T20Is for Pakistan. He has taken 119 wickets in Test cricket. He has taken 81 wickets in ODIs. While he has taken 71 wickets in T20. He made his debut in international cricket in the year 2009.

Mohammad Aamir, who has taken 271 wickets and scored 1,179 runs in all three formats of cricket, is mainly known for his lethal bowling against India in the 2017 Champions Trophy. He took 3 wickets for 16 runs against India there.

The news of Aamir's retirement came after losing the T20 series in South Africa

Mohammad Aamir is the second cricketer to retire in two days in Pakistan. A day before him, Imad Wasim had also taken a similar decision. It is worth noting that both of these are the same players who had earlier returned to international cricket after retirement. The news of Aamir's retirement came after Pakistan lost the T20 series in South Africa.