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    "title": "Pakistan batsman Younis Khan to retire from ODIs",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abu Dhabi, Nov 11<\/strong> - Pakistan&#39;s veteran batsman Younis Khan announced retirement from One-Day Internationals (ODIs) on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He made the announcement hours before the start of the England-Pakistan encounter at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The match will be Younis&#39; last ODI outing, reports a news website reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&ldquo;Today I am retiring from ODI cricket after deliberation with my family, wife, and close friends,&rdquo; Younis said in a statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Younis, 37, was discarded from the one-day team after a poor tour of New Zealand and 2015 World Cup in April, where he managed just 77 runs in six matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But chief selector Haroon Rasheed argued that Pakistan would need his batting experience against England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan&#39;s ODI captain Azhar Ali had earlier told the media that despite Younis&#39;s poor form in the one-dayers, he hoped the senior batsman would come good.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Younis has had a see-saw one-day career, having scored only two hundreds in the last seven years, a record that has led head coach Waqar Younis and support staff to reportedly resist selecting him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wednesday&#39;s game will be Younis&#39;s 265th ODI, nearly 16 years after he made debut against Sri Lanka in Karachi in February 2000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Going into his last match, Younis has scored 7,240 runs with seven hundreds and 48 half-centuries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(IANS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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