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Islamabad: Pakistan's most successful test batsman, Younis Khan, is joining Misbah-ul-Haq in retiring from international cricket after the three-test series against the West Indies ends next month.
"No player always remains fit, the motivation never remains the same, so this is the time when Younis should leave the field," the 39-year-old Younis said Saturday in the southern port city of Karachi.
"A time comes in every player's life when he has to decide and I always tried my best to serve my country with my head high."
Younis needs only 23 runs to become Pakistan's first ever cricketer to complete 10,000 test runs and is almost certain to reach this mark against West Indies. He has played 115 test matches and scored 9,977 runs with an impressive average of 53.06 and 34 centuries.
Younis said his decision was not made suddenly and close friends have known for some time. He had thought about quitting test cricket when he surpassed Javed Miandad's test runs of 8,832, but was then motivated to complete 10,000.
"(Fans) could then ask me to take 11,000 or 12,000," said Younis, who made his test debut in 2000. "Humans can never be satisfied but I am not in an age to make that far, so I want people to respect my decision and allow me to fulfill my future plans."
Younis and Misbah were both this week named among Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. Younis' highest test score of 313 made against Sri Lanka in 2009 is Pakistan's third biggest individual test innings after Hanif Mohammad's 337 and Inzamam-ul-Haq's 329.
The third and final test against West Indies starts May 10 at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica.
