Re: Why did Younis Khan refuse to captain Pakistan?
Was Younis disturbed by PCB chief’s snub?
KARACHI: Indifferent attitude of some fellow players and snub by the PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan are the two incidents which seem to have prompted Younis Khan to step down from captaincy on Thursday.
After a day of high drama that saw Younis declining to lead the Pakistani team at the forthcoming Champions Trophy and Mohammed Yousuf taking over as the new captain, it is learnt that a string of events over the past few days triggered the crisis.
Sources close to Younis said that he was unhappy with the attitude of some players during the camp and another incident on Thursday morning added fuel to the fire.
“He was unhappy and apprehensive about the attitude of some players including Yousuf, Razzaq and Shahid Afridi on the first day of the conditioning camp itself on Wednesday. To make matters worse, Shoaib Akhtar’s ‘I am superior’ attitude also bothered him.”
“This morning when he went to see the Shaharyar Khan, he was made to wait outside the office and was told that Shaharyar was at a meeting, something which has never happened when Inzamam-ul-Haq was the captain,” sources said.
“Younis was not interested in captaincy in the first place, even after Inzamam was banned for four matches by the ICC last week. But strangely, Inzamam, after his disciplinary hearing, himself announced in London that since he was not playing in the Champions Trophy and Younis would be the captain,” the sources added.
Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=27353