^ your missing the point here as well. The team didn't lose on purpose. What Malik is talking about is spirit. The players on the field are led by example by their captain. If you watched the matches then you would know exactly what I'm talking about. Yousuf is an extremely defensive and sissy captain and when he leads the team all the players become defensive mainly because of his very defensive field settings. Plus, the less said the better of what Yousuf would except from his fielders...look at his own fielding...instead of improving it keeps getting worse.
Batting is a genuine problem, and we all saw even when Afridi was captain for the last ODI and Malik was captain for the T20, the batting still remained a problem. But the huge difference was that players looked motivated on field and seemed like actually wanting to win rather than just going through the motions.
We have young, very talented, wanting to do well players in our squad and Yousuf's lazy approach to the game in all aspects is no hidden secret. The players NEED and WANT a captain who also wants to excel in every aspect of the game, practise's hard and is aggressive and not afraid of the opposition.
The players did have a captain in Younis who wanted to excel in every aspect of the game, practiced hard and was aggressive and not afraid of the opposition. However, the players revolted against him, most likely due to Malik's shenanigans, as other people have pointed out. Malik has had his stint as captain and it was nothing to write home about. What changed to cause the players look so 'motivated' under Malik now?