Afghanistan former skipper Mohammad Nabi is all set to retire from Test cricket after the ongoing one-off Test against Bangladesh, said a source close to the team, report agencies.
The reason of his retirement could not been immediately known but it is assumed that his desire to concentrate more on shorter format cricket prompted him to take this decision.
Nabi was part of Hyderabad Sunrisers in the ongoing Indian Premier League and while he failed to make it into the playing XI on regular basis in the preceding edition, it was not the case in the last edition.
Nabi took up cricket at the age of 10 while living in Peshawar. Honing his skills with endless sessions of tennis-ball cricket, he managed to begin training at Arshad Khan's academy in Peshawar and made his competitive debut against Rahim Yar Khan Cricket Association in Pakistan's erstwhile Cornelius Trophy in 2003, making 61 after having just met most of his teammates. On a tour of India, he caught Mike Gatting's eye with a century against a visiting MCC side. That brought him more valuable experience with MCC, for whom he made his first-class debut, and he went on to play a major role in Afghanistan's progress to the World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa in 2009. Nabi struck 58 against Scotland on one-day international debut and 102 in his first first-class game for Afghanistan, against a Zimbabwe XI.
Nabi has remained the backbone of the side that qualified for the World Twenty20 in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and, recently, the 2015 World Cup. Nabi has had a couple of stints as Afghanistan's captain, taking over the role from Nawroz Mangal in March 2013 and leading the side to the 2015 World Cup.