Munaf Patel announces retirement from all forms of cricket
Indian cricketer Munaf Patel has announced his retirement from all formats of the game because of his declining fitness and advancing age. The Gujarat-born pacer had played 13 Tests, 70 ODIs and 3 T20Is for India from 2006 to 2011 when he last played in a T20I against England in September.
Patel has not been a part of the Indian national team since September 2011 and has announced that he is going to hang his boots at the age of 35. Patel made his maiden international appearance for India in a Test match against England in Mohali in March 2006. The pacer was also a member of the World Cup-winning Indian team in 2011 and played a vital role in the semi-final game against Pakistan by picking up two wickets at crucial junctures of the game. He was the third wicket-taker for the Indians after Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh with 11 wickets to his name in the tournament.
"There is no regret; after all the cricketers I played with have retired. Only Dhoni is left! Baki sab done ho
The 35-year-old will play for the Rajput franchise in the upcoming T10 League which will be played in Sharjah from November 21 to December 2.
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He has 86 ODI wickets to his name from 70 games at an average of 30.26 along with 35 and four wickets in 13 Test matches and three T20Is respectively.
"There is no special reason, age ho
"If it wasn't for cricket, I would have been a worker, a labourer, in some company in Africa. Most Gujaratis from this region go there. Probably, I would have been cleaning and arranging tiles. I never thought I would go on playing cricket for so long," Munaf s
aid.