Mohammad Amir retirement: Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir has retired after alleging ‘I was mentally tortured’ by the current team management.
Mohammad Amir was not picked in a 35-member squad for the tour of Pakistan. The 28-year old cricketer said, “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.”
“I don’t think I can play under this management. As far as [international] cricket is concerned, I am leaving it because I am being mentally tortured. I don’t think I can tolerate this anymore. I have already seen a lot of torture from 2010 to 2015,” Amir said.
Mohammad Amir retirement video
Earlier, Amir retired from test cricket to focus on white-ball cricket, which was criticized by cricketing fraternity in Pakistan. Since comeback in Test cricket in 2016 after spot-fixing ban, Amir picked 68 wickets in 22 Tests coming at an average and strike rate of 31.51 and 69.8 respectively. Amir took 56 wickets in 46 ODIs at an average of 32.14 for Pakistan after returning from ban. In T20I since return from ban, Amir picked36 wickets in 32 games.
Recently, Amir had a stint for Galle Gladiators in the Lanka Premier League. For more cricket news, click here