Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is all set to return to first-class cricket after a hiatus of four years. The 38-year-old will captain the PTV side in Pakistan’s Grade 1 competition this season.

Razzaq last played first-class cricket in 2014 when his outfit ZBTL was relegated to Grade 2. However, the all-rounder is hoping his performances in the longer format can translate to a Pakistan Super League (PSL) contract next season.

“I will be captaining PTV this season. I feel completely fit at the moment and my form has good recently. I hope my performances in the domestic season gets me selected for the PSL next year,” he was quoted as saying by the Daily Express.

Razzaq had donned the bowling coach’s hat for Quetta Gladiators in the recently-concluded edition of the PSL. The Lahore-born man revealed that he had been in touch with the selectors regarding his target of playing in the PSL next time.

“I already told the selectors my plans for the future at the time. We all are agreed that if my form and performances in the domestic season are up to the mark, then I would most certainly be drafted in the next PSL,” he said.

The swashbuckling all-rounder has played 46 Tests, 265 ODIs and 32 T20Is for Pakistan over the course of his career after having made his debut in 1996. His last appearance in a Pakistan shirt came all the way back in November, 2013 in a T20 clash against South Africa.

While he targets a PSL contract, Razzaq has said that he harbours no ambitions of returning to the international fold.

“There are so many youngsters who are in the Pakistan side and they truly deserve their spot. I have no intentions of returning to the international team and would like to leave my mark in the domestic season,” he explained.

The hard-hitting all-rounder had recently turned up at the Ice Cricket match at St. Moritz in Switzerland alongside the likes of Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar. Before that, he had represented the Amo Sharks in the Shpageeza Cricket League in Afghanistan last year.