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Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket for the third and final Test match against England in Karachi.
The final match of the three-match series begins in Karachi on Saturday.
With 7,097 runs in 96 matches at an average of 42.49, Ali is Pakistan’s fifth highest run-scorer in Tests behind Younis Khan (10,099), Javed Miandad (8,832), Inzamam-ul-Haq (8,829) and Mohammad Yousuf (7,530). after. for the PCB.
Azhar Ali also captained Pakistan in nine Tests in two different tenures between 2016 and 2020.
My heart and mind felt that this is the right time and I would like to call it a day after this game [third Test]said a visibly low Azhar at a press conference announcing the decision today.
However, Ali stated that he was available for the final match of the Unlimited Overs series against England.