{"id":526763,"date":"2026-01-21T01:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=526763"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:21:14","slug":"shoaib-malik-announces-retirement-from-psl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/shoaib-malik-announces-retirement-from-psl\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Malik announces retirement from PSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain says his passion and motivation to serve for betterment of cricket would endure<br \/>\n Islamabad<br \/>\nFormer Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik on Tuesday announced his retirement from the Pakistan Super League (PSL), saying his \u201cpassion and motivation\u201d to serve cricket will always stay.<br \/>\n\u201cI cherish every single moment and friendship I have made on and off the field throughout my 10 years of the Pakistan Super League as a player. It\u2019s time to call it a day,\u201d he wrote in a post on Instagram.<br \/>\nMalik, however, said that his passion and motivation to serve for the betterment of cricket would always stay.<br \/>\nMalik, who represented Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators during his 10-year PSL career, played a total of 93 matches, during which he scored 2,350 runs at an average of 33.09 and a strike rate of 127.78 with the help of 15 half-centuries.<br \/>\nNotably, Malik\u2019s retirement came at a time when the marquee league is set to enter a new era with the additions of two new teams, Hyderabad and Sialkot, respectively, at the star-studded auction earlier this month.<br \/>\nFor the unversed, the highly anticipated 11th edition of the PSL will run from March 26 to May 3, featuring eight teams, with Lahore Qalandars set to defend the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain says his passion and motivation to serve for 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