{"id":9755,"date":"2009-09-15T12:53:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/09\/15\/afridi-denies-retirement-plans\/"},"modified":"2009-09-15T12:53:42","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T12:53:42","slug":"afridi-denies-retirement-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/09\/15\/afridi-denies-retirement-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Afridi denies retirement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Pakistan all-rounder sets the record straight<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"232\" height=\"211\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/ShahidAfridi_232x180.jpg\"\/>RUBBISHING reports of a planned retirement if he fails to do well in the upcoming Champions Trophy, Pakistan&#8217;s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi today said he would never put his career at stake for just one tournament.<\/strong><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThere were reports in the media yesterday that Afridi was planning to retire if he did not do well in the Champions Trophy but the all-rounder said there was no such thought on his mind.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;I never said anything about even thinking about quitting the game. The Champions Trophy is a tough tournament and we will be trying to put in our best efforts,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfridi, who has played in 26 Tests, 281 one-day internationals and 24 Twenty20 matches for Pakistan, said he was determined to do well in the Champions Trophy which starts on September 22.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;I know one can\u2019t be successful all the time in every match. So there is no way I am going to put my career at stake in one tournament. Like a professional cricketer I want to do well in the Champions Trophy but not retire if I am unsuccessful,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;I have had bad patches in the past and I have successfully overcome them. Till I am enjoying the game and playing for my country, I want to carry on,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Pakistan will play Sri Lanka in a warm up match on 18 September before kicking off their Champions Trophy campaign against the West Indies in Johannesburg five days later. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan all-rounder sets the record straight RUBBISHING reports of a planned retirement if he fails to do well in the upcoming Champions Trophy, Pakistan&#8217;s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi today said he would never put his career at stake for just one tournament.&#13; There were reports in the media yesterday that Afridi was planning to retire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}