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We can no longer be active as expected owing to marital challenges and responsibilities, hence we have decided to retire from the game I love the most,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.
“It has been an incredible journey, filled with challenges, victories, and unforgettable memories.”
The left-handed hitter set records for Pakistan by scoring 3369 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 2893 runs in 140 Twenty20 internationals.
She led Pakistan to victory in 27 T20I matches and 16 ODI matches while serving as captain.
She’s going to keep playing league cricket.
Because of their voyage, they have become an emblem for gender rights in a patriarchal country where women’s athletic involvement challenges social conventions.
After she gave birth in August 2021, the PCB decided to include a paid maternity leave provision in the central contracts of female cricket players.
During the 2022 women’s World Cup in New Zealand, Maroof and her daughter Fatima amassed a big following on social media thanks to videos of Indian players having fun with the infant that went viral.
On the social media site X, the International Cricket Council shared a picture of the mother-daughter pair along with the message, “Little first lesson in the spirit of cricket from India and Pakistan”.
Maroof expressed gratitude to PCB for helping her during her childbirth.
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