Left-arm pacer Usman Shinwari has announced his retirement for red-ball cricket and will now focus only on white-ball cricket.

The 27-year-old, in a tweet, wrote that he resigned from the longer format to prolong his career and avoid future injuries.

Meanwhile, Shinwari is ready to make comeback after recovering from a back injury.

"Alhamdullilah, I have made my comeback again from a back injury and now I am absolutely fit," Shinwari said.

"But due to my doctors and physio advise, I have to leave the long format to avoid such injuries in future and prolong my cricket career. I am resigning from red-ball," he added.

It must be noted that Shinwari played one Test for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 2019. He has represented the Men in Green 17 ODIs and 16 T20I matches.