Karachi: Former captain and senior batsman Mohammed Yousuf, who has been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for indefinite period, has decided to retire from the international circuit and is expected to make an official announcement on Monday.

Sources close to Yousuf said that he was disheartened and fed up after the recent ban on him and the way his name had been linked to various controversies.

“He has decided in principle to retire from international cricket and will announce this on Monday,” one source said.

Yousuf, who captained Pakistan on the recent tours to New Zealand and Australia, was banned by the PCB earlier this month on the recommendations of an inquiry committee that probed into the team’s poor performance Down Under. (PTI)