Karachi: Senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan is contemplating early retirement, well informed sources said here on Sunday.
Younis, who withdrew from the Pakistan squad for the last three one-day games against Bangladesh, is in an unhappy state of mind and thinking about retiring from one-day cricket or even all international cricket, the sources claimed.
There is also speculation that a lobby in the Pakistan Cricket Board is pressing for disciplinary action against Younis for the manner in which he refused to play the series and withdrew after playing in the first two one-day internationals.
The lobby is also not happy with the way Younis reacted to being interviewed by an Anti-Corruption official of the International Cricket Council last week.
“He argued with some senior board officials and then refused to play the first match on April 8 against Bangladesh but was persuaded by the Board Chairman and chief selector to change his mind,” one source said.
The source said Younis was still upset over the manner in which the Board allowed the ACU official to interview without informing him before the first one-day international in Lahore.
“He does not want to play as he is still upset that the Board did not inform him properly he was going to questioned by an ACU official regarding his friendship with an Indian national on the tour of India six months back,” the source added.
Another tidbit thrown into the mix by Kamran Abbasi:
“Today, a reader sent me a message arguing that it is my social responsibility to start a new thread on Younis Khan, as cricket fans are poised to comment on his extraordinary withdrawal from the current series. An excuse of fatigue is hard to believe. A fit of pique (at the visit by the anti-corruption unit) would be more in character. A statement explaining that he is tired of playing the world’s less challenging teams might be understandable. An expression of irritation at Shoaib Malik’s captaincy would play to the gallery. (Source:CricInfo)”
I mean, what is this. Every single time, he just walks off, leaving everyone behind to speculate on his motives. What are his motives for walking out so many times? He got support from the fans after he rejected the captaincy, and as we know, PCB did not give him the authority to select his own team. The captain has the right to ask for the inclusion of a certain player or bring in someone new in place of non-performers, but PCB did not follow the captain’s call. Why is one meeting with anti-corruption unit has caused so much havoc that retirement seems the only possibility? It is bad timing on Shoaib’s part that he brought this to the attention after the trigger was pulled, but why the urgency to leave the cricket altogether? He still have support of the fans but pull yourself together for crying out loud. One after another..
I'm sorry, I must have missed Ganguly-Chappell, Harbhajan-Symonds, etc., etc., etc., how silly of me.
Oops i am sorry Pakistanis are real little angels ,banning ,overturning ,again banning ,again over turning .Retiring ,non retiring ,again retiring ,non retiring .
I want to be a captain (on monday ) ,I can't be a captain (tuesday ) ,I can be a captain (wednesday), No i can't (thursday ) .
Oops i am sorry Pakistanis are real little angels ,banning ,overturning ,again banning ,again over turning .Retiring ,non retiring ,again retiring ,non retiring .
I want to be a captain (on monday ) ,I can't be a captain (tuesday ) ,I can be a captain (wednesday), No i can't (thursday ) .
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U won't b getting a medal that wasn't harsh enough.
Oops i am sorry Pakistanis are real little angels ,banning ,overturning ,again banning ,again over turning .Retiring ,non retiring ,again retiring ,non retiring .
I want to be a captain (on monday ) ,I can't be a captain (tuesday ) ,I can be a captain (wednesday), No i can't (thursday ) .
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The point obviously went way over your thick head. Both India and Pakistan have had their fair share of controversies. People in glass houses.....the rest you know very well.
Oops i am sorry Pakistanis are real little angels ,banning ,overturning ,again banning ,again over turning .Retiring ,non retiring ,again retiring ,non retiring .
I want to be a captain (on monday ) ,I can't be a captain (tuesday ) ,I can be a captain (wednesday), No i can't (thursday ) .
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so much drama....so much instability.....but they have won more games than stable neighbors.....whats going on???
The point obviously went way over your thick head. Both India and Pakistan have had their fair share of controversies. People in glass houses.....the rest you know very well.
The discussion was around Pakistan and not about India. Why do you have to drag India to all of this. Just because there are drama queens in Pankistan, it does not mean that there are no drama kings in the rest of the world.
The point obviously went way over your thick head. Both India and Pakistan have had their fair share of controversies. People in glass houses.....the rest you know very well.
If u think that both India and pakistan match in dramas ,i have nothing esle to say .I gave up .
