Pakistan: Ayesha Naseem retires from cricket to stay life as per Islam

Pakistani 18-year-old all-rounder Ayesha Naseem has taken the cricketing world abruptly together with her surprising retirement announcement. She bid farewell to her budding profession to steer a extra non secular life following the teachings of Islam. She has additionally knowledgeable the Pakistan Cricket Board of her choice on Thursday.

Ayesha reportedly advised PCB, “I am leaving cricket and want to live my life according to Islam”.

The right-handed batter made her worldwide debut for Pakistan in March 2020 towards Thailand. She was chosen for Pakistan’s squad within the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. She continued to carry out over time solidifying her place as a key participant within the group.

She participated in 4 One Day and 4 T20 Internationals for Pakistan. She has scored a complete of 369 runs in her T20 worldwide profession with a strike price of 128.12. She has struck two sixes in one-day internationals and 18 within the T20 ones. She performed her final T20 International match on 15 February of this 12 months. Her first ODI match was in July 2021, whereas her final was in January 2023.

Her worldwide profession witnessed her rating 402 runs in complete. She gained recognition in January 2023 owing to her transient look within the inaugural T20I recreation towards Australia. She scored 24 runs in 20 balls, with the assistance of three sixes and a 4.

Notably, she isn’t the one Muslim celeb to make such a momentous choice. Pakistani actresses like Anum Fayyaz and Zarnish Khan together with their Indian counterparts Sana Khan and Zaira Wasim, amongst others, left their careers for the sake of faith and to spend their lives per the Islamic legal guidelines.