Before the start of Asia Cup 2025, the Pakistan cricket team has received a big news. This explosive batsman, who has been out of the team for a long time, has said goodbye to international cricket. Asif Ali, 33, announced his retirement by posting on social media on Monday, September 1.

He wrote, “Today I am retiring from international cricket. Wearing Pakistan’s jersey and representing the country has been the biggest honor of my life. I am grateful for the love you got from my colleagues, coaches and fans on the cricket field.”

Made debut in 2018

Asif Ali made his first T20 for Pakistan in 2018 and then in ODI cricket after two months. He was given a place in the team as a power hitter and a finisher. Initially, he showed glow in some innings, but failed to perform continuously. For the last two years, he was walking out of the national team and seeing the expectations of return, he has now taken retirement.

‘150 sixes’ statement made in the headlines

Asif, known for his explosive batting, claimed that he hit 150 sixes in the nets daily. This statement brought him into the discussion and the fans had hopes of big shots from him. However, he could not perform on the field according to this claim and proved to be a failure.

Failed against Asia Cup and India

Asif Ali got a chance in the Asia Cup played in 2022. In addition to a match winning an innings against Afghanistan, his bat remained silent. In two matches against India, he scored 25 runs from 15 balls, while in the T20 World Cup 2022, he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 2 runs against Team India. From then on, he was criticized.

Career figures

Asif Ali’s career could not live up to expectations as he made claims. He played a total of 79 international matches for Pakistan.

T20 International – 58 matches, 577 runs, average 15, strike rate 133

ODI International – 21 matches, 382 runs, average 25

Asif played his last ODI in April 2022 and the last T20 in October 2023. After this, he was out of the national team and seeing the possibility of re -selection being reduced, he decided to retire from cricket.

India Pakistan Ceasefire: As soon as the ceasefire was announced after the recent four days tension between India and Pakistan. The whole world considered it an important step towards peace, but Pakistan’s double face once again came out when it violated it a few hours after the announcement of the ceasefire. It became clear that Pakistan neither wants peace nor respects agreements.

Addressing the country on Saturday, the statement made by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif clearly showed his rage and strategic confusion. He claimed that India imposed a war by making an excuse to the Pahalgam attack and his army gave a lot of response. Shahbaz Sharif’s allegation that India carried out drone and missile attacks on residential areas, beyond reality. The Indian Army only targeted terrorist bases and launch pads, which had been the base of attacks against India over the years.

Shahebaz Sharif will meet in battlefield

The Pakistani Prime Minister said in the address that the meeting that was held at the table will now be in the battlefield. He further alleged that India attacked the urban areas of Pakistan and targeted the innocents and killed the children. However, India has always said that whatever attack the army has done was restrained and only terrorist bases have been targeted.

Pakistan had offered ceasefire

The interesting thing is that the one who has been pleaded for the first ceasefire, broke the ceasefire. Shahbaz in his speech thanked Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Qatar and especially China. He described China as “very cute, very reliable friend” and said that he has been standing with Pakistan in every crisis for the last five decades.

Ceasefire violation is not new for Pakistan!

This is not the first time Pakistan has broken ceasefire. His strategy against India has always been double, on the one hand the talk of peace talks and on the other side firing on the border. Pakistan always offers an inquiry on any terrorist attack in India, while the reality is in front of everyone.

India’s position clear
India has made it clear that now every terrorist attack will be considered as “war action” and its answer will be given in the same way. Operation Sindoor is a clear example of this, where India demolished 9 terrorist bases through accurate missile attacks.