Retirement Is Temporary, Comeback Is Permanent: Twitter Reacts As Shahid Afridi Retires From International Cricket
Feb 20, 2017 at 11:18 AM
Putting an end to all the speculations of another comeback to the Pakistan team, Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from international cricket.
The maverick all-rounder nicknamed ‘Boom Boom’, had already quit Test cricket in 2010 and retired from one-day internationals in 2015 while he stepped down as the T20 skipper last year. An explosive batsman, who had become a worldwide sensation after blasting a 37-ball one-day century against Sri Lanka in only his second match, Afridi appeared in 98 T20 internationals, scoring 1405 runs at an average of 18 runs. The 36-year old has also taken 97 wickets in the shortest format of the game. He is also the only other all-rounder after South Africa great Jacques Kallis to have a double of 10000 runs and 500 wickets in international cricket. He has scored 10,645 runs and picked up 540 wickets in 523 international matches.
Meanwhile, the Twitter users have taken a dig at the all-rounder after his retirement announcement. The Pakistan all-rounder, in the past, had made retirement announcements only to return to the action again. Here are some of the best reactions:
Shahid Afridi Timeline
1996: Debut
2011: Retired
2011: Came back
2014: Retired
2014: Came Back
2016: Retired
2016: Came Back
2017: Retired— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) February 20, 2017
If there is anything more frequent than Kejriwal blaming Modi is #shahidafridi announcing retirement @coolfunnytshirt
— Akshay (@intellizand) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Miss_AliaBhatt/status/833519987222597639
Shahid Afridi's resignation is like monsoon. It comes every year, stays there for some time and then comes next year
— Ra_Bies 2.0 (@Ra_Bies) February 20, 2017
For the 4th time, Shahid Afridi has declared that he will not play international cricket anymore. He has announced his rerereretirement.
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Miss_AliaBhatt/status/833495177826332673
@SAfridiOfficial announces retirement, probably the youngest ever to do so. #HBLPSL2017 #LaLa #PeshawarZalmi #Pakistan
— Sairith Stevens (@Psyrith) February 20, 2017
Pakistani Cricketer Shahid Afridi Announces International Retirement, Again.This Is His 4th Retirement.Sad To See Teenager Retiring So Early pic.twitter.com/fQdWQak75c
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) February 20, 2017
@SAfridiOfficial announces his 10 th retirement.. all the very best for 11 th one. God bless u 😜😜@virendersehwag
— IMRAN KHAN (@name_is_imran) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/IndianWriterV/status/833533802714525696