WT20: Pakistan cricket team arriving tonight, Afridi to stay behind in Dubai
Captain Shahid Afridi has decided to stay back in Dubai as the team heads home today following a humiliating exit from the World Twenty20.
March 26, 2016
NEW DELHI: Captain Shahid Afridi has decided to stay back in Dubai as the team heads home following a humiliating exit from the World Twenty20 World Cup.
The Pakistan cricket team arrived in Dubai on Saturday evening to where those returning to Karachi and Lahore will catch their respective connections. Shahid Afridi will stay behind in Dubai for another 48-hours.
Australia beat Pakistan by 21 runs in Mohali on Friday eliminating Pakistan from the World Twenty20.
Afridi, who had hinted before the game that retirement was imminent, said he has not yet made a final decision to call it quits.
"I’m going to go back home and in the next four-five days I will take a decision and whatever is better for the country, I will go with that. I think I will announce this in my country," the 36-year-old told reporters on Friday.
"As a player I´m fine but as a captain I´m not fit because it’s not easy to handle the pressure, especially if you are playing for Pakistan... the expectation pressure, the media pressure, everything."
