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Afridi undecided on his future

Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi says he's undecided about his playing future after his side were eliminated from the World T20 by Australia.

Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi will go back home before deciding whether to retire from international cricket after his team lost to Australia and were eliminated from the World Twenty20 on Friday.

Australia beat Pakistan by 21 runs in and Afridi, who had hinted before the game that retirement was imminent, said he has not yet made a final decision to call it quits.

"I'm going to go back home and in the next four-five days I will take a decision and whatever is better for the country, I will go with that. I think I will announce this in my country," the 36-year-old told reporters.

"As a player I'm fine but as a captain I'm not fit because it's not easy to handle the pressure, especially if you are playing for Pakistan... the expectation pressure, the media pressure, everything."

Afridi, whose team lost three of their four games to finish behind arch-rivals India, Australia and New Zealand in Group Two, found few positives in Pakistan's performance.


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