Bismah Maroof resigns from International cricket

Former Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has called time on a storied 17-year international cricket career with immediate effect. She is, however, available to play league cricket. Perhaps of the most noticeable name in ladies' cricket, the 32-year-old completions as Pakistan's driving run-scorer in both the ODI and T20I designs. She scored 3369 runs in 136 ODIs at a normal of 29.55, which included 21 half-hundreds of years and a best score of 99. In T20Is, she had 2893 runs in 140 games, with 12 fifties to her name and a normal of 27.55. Maroof captained Pakistan in a sum of 96 games - 62 T20Is (27 successes) and 34 ODIs (16 successes). Just Sana Mir drove in more T20Is (65) for Pakistan than Maroof, while in ODIs she was third on the rundown behind Mir (72) and Shaiza Khan (39). "I have chosen to resign from the game I love the most. It has been a fantastic excursion, loaded up with difficulties, triumphs, and remarkable recollections," she was cited as saying by means of a PCB discharge on Thursday. "I need to offer my thanks to my family, who has upheld me all through my cricketing venture, all along as of not long ago. "I likewise need to stretch out my gratitude to the Pakistan Cricket Board for having confidence in me and giving the stage to grandstand my ability. The help from the PCB has been important, especially in executing the very first parental strategy for me, which empowered me to address my country at the most elevated level while being a mother. "In conclusion, I might want to thank my kindred players, who have become like family to me. The fellowship we shared both on and off the field is something I will treasure for eternity." Maroof entered the Pakistan group as a 15-year-old against India in Jaipur in 2006 and immediately set up a good foundation for herself as an ordinary. She scored 43 on debut however required four years to keep her lady 50 years in 2010 against Netherlands. Her most noteworthy score of 99 came against South Africa in 2015. It didn't take her long to keep her initial fifty in T20Is however, arriving in only her second game against Sri Lanka in 2009. Maroof was given the Pakistan T20I captaincy in June 2016 and afterward the ODI job in September 2017. She enjoyed some time off in December 2020 to plan for the introduction of her girl, Fatima, and afterward deal with her however returned in January 2022 for the ODI World Cup and has been shuffling cricket with her new life as a mother from that point onward. Maroof ventured down from captaincy last year after Pakistan's gathering stage exit from the Ladies' T20 World Cup. She most as of late played the three-match ODI series against West Indies and scored 65 in the second ODI. Pakistan lost the three-match series 3-0. Maroof was essential for the ladies' group that won the gold award two times in the Asian Games, in 2010 and 2014. She additionally addressed Pakistan in four releases of the Ladies' ODI World Cup (2009, 2013, 2017, and 2022), captaining the group in the 2022 version held in New Zealand. Maroof highlighted in eight versions of the T20 World Cup (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2023) and drove the side in the 2020 and 2023 releases held in Australia and South Africa, separately. No other player from Pakistan has played more ODIs than Maroof's 136, while she is second on the rundown in T20Is behind Nida Dar.