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Panic-stricken Pak wicketkeeper announces retirement from international cricket | Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who had mysteriously disappeared from Dubai and
later resurfaced in London, has announced his decision to bow out from international
cricket. Haider declared this decision through a telephonic talk to Geo News,
and added that he was writing to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in this regard.
The player confirmed that he was receiving threats from an unknown person, and
thus he decided to leave Dubai immediately and went to London, where he is seeking
asylum. On his arrival in England, Haider had said that he had come on his own
expenses there. "I have come here on my own expenses on a one month visa. I will
be staying at a hotel on my own expenses," Haider had told a private news channel
after spending nearly four hours with immigration authorities at Heathrow Airport.
"I will speak in detail on the reasons for my decision to leave Dubai and come
to London later on," he had added. Panic-stricken Haider told Heathrow officials
that he feared for his life after bent bookies vowed to murder him unless he agreed
to rig international matches. Earlier, the wicketkeeper had quietly slipped out
of the Grand Hyatt in Dubai early on Monday morning and boarded a London-bound
flight. The player did not even discuss his plans with any of his team officials
or fellow teammates. On the morning of Pakistan's final ODI match against South
Africa, a message on Haider's Facebook wall read: "leaving Pakistan cricket because
get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the match in last game." just hours before the final
one-day international against South Africa in Dubai.
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