Shocking! Young Pakistan women's cricketer Ayesha Naseem who got praises from Wasim Akram, announces retirement citing religious concerns

In an unpleasant piece of news for cricket fans, the young Pakistan women’s cricketer Ayesha Naseem has reportedly announced her retirement from international cricket. The reason behind the 18-year-old’s shocking decision is speculated on the grounds of religion. She has played only 4 ODIs and 30 T20Is for Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team in international cricket.

In these appearances, Ayesha has scored 369 T20I runs and 33 ODI runs. She also attracted the eyeballs for her brilliant unbeaten knock of 43 runs off just 25 balls in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 against the arch-rivals India.

The Abbottabad-born young prodigy also attracted the headlines she was praised by the former legendary Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram. “Now that’s some serious talent,” reads the tweet posted by Wasim Akram while he reshared a video of Ayesha Naseem’s quick knock against Australia. In this match, she played a blistering knock of 24 runs with three sixes and a boundary to his name.

Here’s a look at the tweet posted by Wasim Akram for Ayesha Naseem:

Now that’s some serious talent . https://t.co/P5HS9XkkTS

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) January 25, 2023

Amidst, all this, the schedule for the men’s Asia Cup 2023 was announced by the Asian Cricket Council yesterday on the 19^th of July 2023. The arch-rivals India and Pakistan will be locking horns with each other in Sri Lanka’s city of Kandy on the 2^nd of September 2023.

Recently, both India and Pakistan are busy in their respective assignments against West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively. India is currently in action against West Indies in the second and last of the two-match Test series against West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad. Meanwhile, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in the first of the two-match Test series, played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle. Babar Azam’s men won the match by a margin of 4 wickets as they chased down an average target of 133 in the fourth innings of the first Test.

Now, the visitors have taken an unassailable lead of 1-0 in the two-match Test series owing to the brilliant batting heroics of young Southpaw Saud Shakeel in the first Test.