After playing his last knock in international cricket, Former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan on Sunday became emotional and said that it’s tough for him to hang his boots but he now wants to give chance to youngsters in the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup. Afghan, 33, who made a surprise announcement to retire from the sport on Saturday, received a guard of honour by the Namibian fielders when he walked in to bat in the T20 World Cup clash between both sides in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Vital knock of 31

Afghan joined his teammate Mohammad Shahzad in the middle in the final delivery of the tenth over after Rahmanullah Gurbaz was trapped LBW on four by Loftie-Eaton. He played a vital knock of 31 runs before being dismissed by Ruben Trumpelmann in the 19-over of the innings.