Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi on Friday stepped down from his position with immediate effect, following the side's debacle in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 where they failed to win a single match. (More Cricket News)
Nabi though cited his disappointment with 🔯the team's preparation for the showpiece and disagreements with the management and s🍌election committee for quitting captaincy.
Shortly after the team ended their campaign at the T20 World Cup wit൩h a narrow four-run loss against Australia here, the 37-year-old took to social media to announce his decision.
"Our T20 World Cup journey came to an𒅌 end, with a result that not us nor our supporters were expecting. We are as frustrated as you are with the outcome of matches," the spin all-rounder wrote in a statement ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚshared on his Twitter account.
Following their loss to Australia, Afghanistan became the only team to stay winless in the tournament with three defeats and two no-results. They finished at the bottom of Super 12 Group I with two points𒅌.
"From the last one year, our team preparation was not to a level that a captain wou💙ld want it or needed for a big tournament," he wrote.
"Moreover, in some of the last tours the team management, selection commit⛎tee and I were not on the same page which had implication꧙s on the team balance.
"Therefore, with dꦯue🌄 respect, effectively immediately I announce to STEP DOWN as a CAPTAIN & will continue to play for my country when the management & team need me."
Nabi, who had taken over the captaincy just before the T20 World Cup in the UAE ꧒last year after Rashid Khan's resignation, thanked his supporters.
&quo💝t;I thank every single one of you from the bottom of my heart who came to the gro♒unds despite matches being affected by the rain and those who support us worldwide, your love truly means a lot to us. Long live Afghanistan."
Nabi, who was earlier named captain in 2010, led Afghanistan in 23 games in his latest stint with th⛄e team winning 10 and losing 13 matches.
Afghanistan's most capped player, Nabi, has played three Tests, 133 ODIs and 104 T20Is, scoring a total of 4362 runs and snapping 234 wicket𝓡s.
