PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

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Way to go. :k: Younis again, this guy just does not know when to shut up. :(**

PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe**

Karachi, Apr 24 : **In the wake of recent reports that several senior players, including Younis Khan, were not happy at Shoaib Malik being installed the new captain**, the PCB is learnt to have directed such disgruntled players to swear allegiance to the new skipper, or face the axe.

Sources close to the PCB reportedly said that for the senior players the word “discipline” actually meant ‘complete loyalty’ to Malik as the Board has made it clear that it would not tolerate any lack of support shown to the new captain by his players.

The Pakistani cricket bosses recently decided that senior players would only be retained in the national team if they “swore allegiance” to the new captain.

The Board is seeking assurances from them that they would fully support the young all-rounder in his tenure that would at least last till the end of this year, reported The News.

It quoted unnamed sources as saying that the PCB has made it public that only players proving their form and fitness and showing complete discipline would be considered for selection in the Pakistan.

The sources also said that for the senior players like the team’s premier batsmen Younis and Mohammad Yousuf, star fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq there is another more important condition to fulfil to retain a place in the squad - complete and open support for Malik.

25-year-old Shoaib Malik was picked by the PCB officials last week to succeed Inzamam-ul-Haq after the World Cup debacle. He is said to be a “unanimous choice” to lead Pakistan after Younis refused a captaincy offer made by the PCB saying that he was unable to cope with the stress that came with the job.

Privately, however, Younis had told his close friends that he was unwilling to lead Pakistan because of the lack of support shown to him by some of the team’s senior players. Malik, 25, is already facing similar problems even before his first international assignment - a three-match One-day International (ODI) series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi next month.

Senior players including Shoaib Akhtar, Afridi and Yousuf have recently announced that they would support Malik’s captaincy but sources say that problems are brewing up in the Pakistan camp.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Well what to believe and what not to believe. I dont think Younis would say anything after his withdrawal; close friends shmose friends.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Why Younis Khan again ? the guy has n’t said anything about Malik in public. What has he done now? He’s minding his own business quietly playing county cricket. Why pick on him now?

  • Why don’t you blame those idiots or bastar** who abused him at the airport? Why did the spectators just pick on him? Why did the PCB or the airport staff not make suitable arrangements for his security on arrival and made sure he was kept away from the public. These cricketers are our national assets. (There was only one guard with him if I remember correctly) ? Yes Younis was n’t expecting a warm reception but how would you feel yourself if after an 8-8.5 hour long flight people misbehaved with you, mocked you in public (asking for him to be sat on a donkey and paraded around the city etc.) A bit of heckling and booing would hve been fine but not this. I saw pictures of angry idiots pushing and shoving Younis.

The guy is not a robot. Remember how Inzi completely lost his cool the last time a guy mocked him and that guy did n’t even get physical with Inzi. And more recently how Afridi threatened to knock someone’s head with a bat in response to abuse by a fan in SA. To his immense credit Younis atleast kept his cool and did not react violently.

  • If anything the article reveals why he declined the captaincy

’ Privately, (not publicly)** however, Younis has told his close friends that he was unwilling to lead Pakistan because of the lack of support shown to him by some of the team’s senior players.'**

Good on you Younis** :k:**

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Really none of the reliable media sources have reported this. Lets hope its just gossip.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

PCB has been much-maligned in the past.
But I have to commend it for getting its priorities right.
It appears to be adopting a zero-tolerance policy towards indiscipline which certainly is the need of the hour. Pak's team has been its own biggest enemy.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

I didn’t pick on him, read the report. yes he was shouted at and mishandle but that happens in India/Pak. Not that it is right but it happens and as a player you should accept it and get on with it. Really poor show by him and if he chickened out of accepting responsibility than he should shut up and play under whomever is the captain.

Isn’t it a real shame that the guy who told his friends that he cannot accept captaincy because senior players were not supporting him now is doing the same thing to the newly appointed captain. pretty poor and pathetic show. :nook:

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

^ exactly and above all, he knew the culture in Pakistan and India. This is quite obvious and normal practice in both countries that Seniors dont get along with captain that well, he should have not accepted the VC post in the first place so that we would have groomed some other person in 2 years.... Imagine Shoaib Malik being VC for last 2 years ..... he would have learned a lot ... !

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

^ But do we know for sure that Younis has expressed concerns for Malik's captaincy?

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

I dont think so Younis will have any issues with whoever the Captain is as he stepped down from the post willingly. Secondly, i think he is one of the players, who try their level best once they are in ground and it has been evident all along.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

As a player I have the highest regard for him and personally feel he is a must in both the test and ODI team, but as a leader he has shown poor judgment both at the time of ICCT and now.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

I am not saying if he did not did not, I am mad at him because of his attitude towards the captaincy. He should have not accepted the VC post too. Its like you train a policeman for 2 years to save you from evils but policeman chickens out coz he is afraid of thieves...or having a night duty is too much of a stress for him to deal with !

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Yes to both Ehsan and D6C..but we are enraged because we feel that he has again given the wrong signals. We need to know first whether its not just propaganda and its actually something he has said.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

I think everybody should support Malik & its cricket board's responsibility to do that. Board should be stronger than players..

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Do we have any concrete evidence thatYounis not willing to play under Malik or is instigating something? Just because you disagree with someone or something does n’t automatically make you a rebel, does it? This report/reporter is just assuming that some senior players incl. Younis may be unhappy with Malik as captain. That’s just poor/gutter journalism, mirch masala, sensationalising every little thing and creating doubts in the minds of the people. Has Younis said anything on the matter in public?

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

The article is saying the following:

In the wake of recent reports that several senior players, including Younis Khan, were not happy at Shoaib Malik being installed the new captain,

and than:

**Privately, however, Younis had told his close friends that he was unwilling to lead Pakistan because of the lack of support shown to him by some of the team's senior players.

**Nowhere didI say he is instigating, what I am saying is that he should have sympathy for Malik's position instead of feeling unhappy about it. After all he refused the captaincy because he didn't feel that eh had the support of senior players. Why does the report mention Younis specifically and not other senior players?

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

^ Ehsan bhai. Is your bignewsnetwork reliable enough that we argue on this?

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

^ I have no idea.

apne mun miyan mithoooo.....
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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Exactly. So lets wait and see if he actually has this issue and it comes out from more sources. Right now I only see Indian media reporting it along with the news source Ehsan bhai posted.

Bache Humare Ehad K
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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Ehsan bhai you are quoting the article as if it's 100% reliable. You know very well that in Pakistan these reporters can write whatever they want and blame whomever they want because there are no libel laws to speak of. How do we know for instance that this reporter is not voicing his own personal opinion? One of the first things that Younis said upon his return was that he was thinking about quitting ODIs (even before he rejected the captaincy offer). And he's just told PCB that he does n't want to play in Abu Dhabi. Hence this report/reporter might be assuming that just because Younis has declined to go to Abu Dhabi he's unhappy with Malik

Maybe he wanted to see Yousuf as captain, hence his reported disappointment. Again it's a only an assumption.

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Re: PCB tells seniors in Pak cricket team to support Malik or face the axe

Let the games begin.....why r we surprised, afterall this has been the character of Pakistani cricket.

Yunus Khan has been the biggest disappointment when it comes to captaincy, he was supported by officials and ex-captains yet he declined. If he is having second thoughts then he has no one else to blame but himself.

I totally agree with this zero tolerance policy towards other asprining captains, Pcb sud move into second gear and make an example of the main culprits and then see how quickly everyone falls in place.

What I fail to understand is how come these moronic players can even raise their head after such a diabolical exit from the Worldcup. Besharam, baghairat, dheet log. Had I been in the selection committee I wud have made all these dumbos go and play for club level cricket in Pakistan and give new players the chance to represent Pakistan.