One of the greatest players to come from Afghanistan, Mohammad Nabi has made a bold statement after Afghanistan’s exit from the 2026 WT20. Mohammad Nabi has made a statement that he will not retire from cricket until he makes them win a World Cup. He said ‘’I won't retire from cricket until I win a World Cup for Afghanistan’’. After Afghanistan could not make it to the Super 8 stage there were a lot of questions whether this was the last WT20 for Nabi but the Afghanistan player has made it clear that he will keep going.
Mohammad Nabi has played 3 Tests, 176 ODIs and 152 T20Is for Afghanistan in the international circuit. He had announced his retirement from Tests long back but wants to keep going in ODI and T20Is. After Afghanistan exited from the Champions Trophy 2025, Mohammad Nabi said that he wants to keep playing as he wishes to hopefully one day play in the same team with his teenage son. Mohammad Nabi and Hassan Eisakhil became the first dad-son duo to play in a franchise T20 league when they played in the recent BPL. Mohammad Nabi hopes that it will not take long for his son to make his international debut and he wants to keep playing till that.
Afghanistan lost to New Zealand and South Africa in the WT20 and were knocked out before making it to the Super 8 stage. There were a lot of questions regarding the form of Mohammad Nabi and whether this would be his last WT20 due to his age. But the recent statement by Mohammad Nabi has made it clear that he does not have retirement plans anytime soon.
Afghanistan will be playing in 2027 World Cup and 2028 WT20 and going by Mohammad Nabi’s statement that he will not retire till Afghanistan win a World Cup it seems a tough ask for them to clinch the title. So how long will Nabi continue going and that is a question only time will tell.
