Shoaib Malik retires from PSL: Former veteran player of Pakistan cricket team Shoaib Malik has announced his retirement from PSL.

New Delhi: Preparations for the 11th season of Pakistan Super League are almost complete. Meanwhile, before the upcoming season, Pakistan’s veteran Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from PSL. Shoaib Malik, who will turn 44 next month, played for a total of four teams in this league and had a great career. Last season, Shoaib Malik played for Quetta Gladiators. However, he got a chance to play in only 2 matches in the season.

Shoaib Malik had been playing in PSL continuously for the last 10 seasons. Apart from Quetta Gladiators, Shoaib Malik also played for Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans. In this league, Shoaib played for Karachi Kings for maximum four seasons. After that he got a chance for Peshawar Zalmi for three seasons. His best season in PSL was with Peshawar, when he scored 401 runs in 2021-22.

How has been Shoaib Malik’s career?

Shoaib Malik’s career in PSL has been very brilliant. In this league, Shoaib Malik appeared in a total of 93 matches for 4 teams. In this, he scored 2350 runs at a strike rate of 127.78, which also included 15 half-centuries. Shoaib Malik’s highest score in PSL is 73 runs. Apart from batting, Shoaib Malik has also shown his talent in bowling. Shoaib Malik also took 17 wickets in this league. His best performance in bowling is taking wickets for 16 runs.

Shoaib did wonders for Pakistan too

Apart from PSL, Shoaib Malik has also had an excellent career for Pakistan. Shoaib Malik appeared in 35 Tests, 287 ODIs and 124 T20 matches for Pakistan. In Test cricket, he scored 1898 runs and also took 32 wickets. In ODI, Shoaib scored 7534 runs and took 158 wickets in bowling, whereas in T20 format, apart from scoring 2435 runs, Shoaib took 28 wickets.