Ayesha, an explosive right-hander, had reportedly made up her thoughts to step away from the game on Sunday, primarily on account of spiritual causes. Nevertheless, the PCB took an extra 48 hours to verify this growth.
Following Naseem’s retirement, the PCB has appointed Nida Dar as the brand new captain of the workforce. This marks Nida Dar’s first full-time stint because the chief of the squad.
The precise nature of the “private causes” behind Ayesha’s retirement has not been explicitly disclosed by the PCB, however the prevailing understanding is that spiritual concerns performed a major function in her choice to step away from aggressive cricket.
Consequently, she won’t be part of Pakistan girls’s squad through the upcoming Asian Video games set in Hangzhou, China between September 23-October 8.
“We want one of the best of luck to Ayesha Naseem in her future endeavours because the PCB understands and respects her choice to stop the sport for private causes,” mentioned PCB’s girls’s cricket head Tania Mallick in a press release.
Ayesha has featured in 4 One-Day Internationals and 30 T20 Internationals for the facet, which included a few outings on the ICC T20 World Cup (2020 and 2023).
She was well-known for her hard-hitting abilities, particularly down the order, possessing a strike fee of 128.12 within the shortest format, one of the best by any Pakistani batter in her gender.
She had beforehand captained the facet through the encounter towards South Africa on the T20 World Cup in South Africa earlier this yr.
Among the many different members who’ve made it to the squad for Hangzhou are left-arm spinner Anosha Nasir, batter Shawaal Zulfiqar, leg-spin-bowling all-rounder Syeda Aroob Shah, medium-pacer Diana Baig, bowling all-rounder Fatima Sana and all-rounder Natalia Pervaiz.
PCB girls’s chief selector Saleem Jaffer famous, “Our squad for the Asian Video games represents the way forward for girls’s cricket in Pakistan. With a mixture of rising expertise and seasoned campaigners, I anticipate the gamers to do effectively within the occasion.”
Pakistan’s squad for Asian Video games: Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Anosha Nasir, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sandhu, Nataliya Pervaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Ameen, Syeda Aroob Shah and Umm-e-Hani.
(With PTI Inputs)
