Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
bit of a drama queen isnt he
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
I disagree...Imagine Javed Miandad turning captaincy down on eve of 92 WC final after imran got injured or something?
like is above case, right now is not the time **to be right man with right things to say.....The only right thing to do as member of pakistani team is **to DO whatever that maximizes Pak's chance of winning at Bangalore...and trying to make a case about ur opinion is not a way that helps Pak win next game!
You can disagree but your basis are imaginary. I mean why can't the freaking PCB Chair listen and put some thought in to what Younus is saying instead of listening to the dumb head selectors who insist on sending Rao and other already tried and failed players. If Younus call is genuine than why can't they fulfill it? If still Younus says no than I am with you otherwise the blame is on selectors not Younus and he has the right to say no.
If you are saying Younus should lead for the sake of country or try to win the last test than I’d like to ask if he is asking the selectors to give him a strong team so he can lead Pak to win the last test than whats the problem with that?
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Although I agree that he should keep these matters behind doors while trying to resolve them... I really can't blame him for not willing to lead the team. It's a typical case of being given responsibility but no authority.
Also, for those questioning his loyalty to the Pakistani public, how'd you feel if the public humiliated you in your own wedding ceremony. Our people need to relax a little and not make cricket a matter of life and death.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Kamran Abbasi hitting the nail right on the head. A little too much drama from Younus Khan ....he should never be offered the cap now ...... news papers columns are not the place to discuss the pride and powers !
Let it go, Captain Khan
by Kamran Abbasi
Younis Khan, suggest reports emanating from Bangalore, is about to turn his back on the Pakistan captaincy for a third time. We all know that Younis loathes nothing more than being somebody's dummy. We all know that the unreasonable reactions of Pakistan fans turn his mind from the captaincy. But if the reports are true and Younis does not lead Pakistan in Bangalore, he will be the dummy and an unreasonable one at that.
Admittedly, Pakistan's decision-making has defied logic. Yasir Arafat rushes in too late to play. Shoaib Akhtar leaves his hospital bed to open the bowling. Kamran Akmal remains Pakistan's wicketkeeper for his batting and not his glovework. Abdur Rauf is summoned but blocked by the board. Meanwhile, Pakistan's stand-in captain is an agitated bystander.
What power can Younis expect, though, as stand-in captain? He keeps the seat warm for his younger leader, and it is churlish to complain since this is a situation of his own making. The captaincy and the power could have been his.
Statistically, Younis is one of Pakistan's best ever batsmen. Everybody who scoffed at his heroics at Kolkata needs to remember that Pakistan have an abysmal record of saving a Test match on the final day. Far more illustrious Pakistan batting line-ups than this one have flopped miserably in less trying circumstances.
Yet Younis has never managed to capture the broad acclaim to match that of the people he rubs shoulders with in the records table. Some of this reluctance is down to Younis's unpredictability, although he is increasingly reliable. Some of it is down to juvenile mockery of his bottom-slapping technique of player motivation.
Much of this ambivalence, however, is entirely explained by his bizarre relationship with the Pakistan captaincy. The first refusal could be explained by principle. The second explained by emotion. Many Pakistan fans have been exasperated by these decisions. How could somebody refuse the national leadership role? This third hesitation will eradicate any sympathy for Younis's stance.** The question is a simple one: What matters more to Younis, his pride or the opportunity to rescue this Test series for his country?**
*Let it go, Captain Khan. Your pride infuses your play but your pride is also diffusing your senses. The best answer to people in the squad or in the PCB who might undermine you is to show them what you are capable of on the field. That is where you win the argument, not in press conferences, syndicated columns, or air-conditioned boardrooms.
*
A Pakistan team with its third captain of the series will be a limp challenger to India's dominance.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Umar and D6C: I don't think Younis Khan went on to hold a press conference about his reluctance to lead the team, rather it was some other "insider" who leaked the issue out in media.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
… Younis Khan is from Karachi… unless you are saying Naseem is Pushto-only speaking :aq:
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Umar and D6C: I don't think Younis Khan went on to hold a press conference about his reluctance to lead the team, rather it was some other "insider" who leaked the issue out in media.
insider = younis khan :p
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Umar and D6C: I don't think Younis Khan went on to hold a press conference about his reluctance to lead the team, rather it was some other "insider" who leaked the issue out in media.
nah .. actually it all started with the COLUMN written by YOUNUS KHAN him self ...and i m sure he got well paid for that ... :)
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
wasn’t that for 2nd test?? 
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
thats where it all started … he wrote a column about how he was not included in the decision making for team selection and how he gave it the 2nd thought …and once its out in the media …it just gets blown up …specially if its by Pakistani Crick team member touring India
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
nah .. actually it all started with the COLUMN written by YOUNUS KHAN him self ...and i m sure he got well paid for that ... :)
He could have avoided that ''column'' in the middle of a test match.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Kamran Abbasi hitting the nail right on the head. A little too much drama from Younus Khan ....he should never be offered the cap now ...... news papers columns are not the place to discuss the pride and powers !
Let it go, Captain Khan by Kamran Abbasi
** The question is a simple one: What matters more to Younis, his pride or the opportunity to rescue this Test series for his country?**
Abbasi is an idiot. He did not throw "tantrums" for his pride; he obviously wants to win the test series for his country and he knows one-day trundlers like Rao cannot do the job. Younis did not want jokers in the team exactly because he wants to rescue the test series for his country. As I said, this Kamran guy, over-emotional fool.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
i simply dont care..
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Well Younis Khan may live in Karachi now (cf. Afridi) but he’s originally from Mardan. And Naseem Ashraf is also from NWFP. He did his MB BS from Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
baat agar urdu mein samajh mein aanay wali hoti to uss k liye to sirif ‘Talat Uncle chaddi wale’ kaafi thai magar yahan ghee jo seedhi ungli say nahin nikal raha tha, wo kaam pushto nay kar dikhaya
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Kamran Abbasi hitting the nail right on the head. A little too much drama from Younus Khan ....he should never be offered the cap now ...... news papers columns are not the place to discuss the pride and powers !
Let it go, Captain Khan by Kamran Abbasi
Younis Khan, suggest reports emanating from Bangalore, is about to turn his back on the Pakistan captaincy for a third time. We all know that Younis loathes nothing more than being somebody's dummy. We all know that the unreasonable reactions of Pakistan fans turn his mind from the captaincy. But if the reports are true and Younis does not lead Pakistan in Bangalore, he will be the dummy and an unreasonable one at that.
Admittedly, Pakistan's decision-making has defied logic. Yasir Arafat rushes in too late to play. Shoaib Akhtar leaves his hospital bed to open the bowling. Kamran Akmal remains Pakistan's wicketkeeper for his batting and not his glovework. Abdur Rauf is summoned but blocked by the board. Meanwhile, Pakistan's stand-in captain is an agitated bystander.
What power can Younis expect, though, as stand-in captain? He keeps the seat warm for his younger leader, and it is churlish to complain since this is a situation of his own making. The captaincy and the power could have been his.
Statistically, Younis is one of Pakistan's best ever batsmen. Everybody who scoffed at his heroics at Kolkata needs to remember that Pakistan have an abysmal record of saving a Test match on the final day. Far more illustrious Pakistan batting line-ups than this one have flopped miserably in less trying circumstances.
Yet Younis has never managed to capture the broad acclaim to match that of the people he rubs shoulders with in the records table. Some of this reluctance is down to Younis's unpredictability, although he is increasingly reliable. Some of it is down to juvenile mockery of his bottom-slapping technique of player motivation.
Much of this ambivalence, however, is entirely explained by his bizarre relationship with the Pakistan captaincy. The first refusal could be explained by principle. The second explained by emotion. Many Pakistan fans have been exasperated by these decisions. How could somebody refuse the national leadership role? This third hesitation will eradicate any sympathy for Younis's stance.** The question is a simple one: What matters more to Younis, his pride or the opportunity to rescue this Test series for his country?**
Let it go, Captain Khan. Your pride infuses your play but your pride is also diffusing your senses. The best answer to people in the squad or in the PCB who might undermine you is to show them what you are capable of on the field. That is where you win the argument, not in press conferences, syndicated columns, or air-conditioned boardrooms.
A Pakistan team with its third captain of the series will be a limp challenger to India's dominance.
Kamran Abbasi is an over-emotional fool who is maahir at sensationalising every two bit news and is unnecessarily resorting to cheap jingoism here talking about national pride and all the usu. bull....refusing the captaincy is not akin to being unpatriotic. I say one's personal pride and dignity comes before national pride....baat ka younhi battangarr bana raha hai yeh
If Younis does not want the captaincy why not just leave it at that. Why do the selectors keep appointing him v/c or stand-in captain against his will. If the selectors are so desperate for Younis to lead the team then they should not be behaving like step brothers with him. And what trash is Kamran talking here? A stand-in captain has every right to expect the same respect from board officials and to have the same authority as a regular captain. Otherwise just forget about it. No self-respecting man would do it just for the sake of so-called national honour.
Younis is a team man who quietly goes about his batting without making too much fuss. He is in the form of his life with three second innings hundreds (5th day to be even more precise!) in his last 4 tests when the chips were down....don't think even Miandad, Inzi or Yousuf ever achieved that in their careers.
magar agar baat terhi karay ga to terha jawab day ga
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
thats where it all started ..... he wrote a column about how he was not included in the decision making for team selection and how he gave it the 2nd thought ....and once its out in the media ...it just gets blown up ...specially if its by Pakistani Crick team member touring India
Then it means it was cooked up by media!
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Abbasi sahib is a little over-zealous when it comes to Pakistan Cricket.
I’m not sure if I would have felt any differently if I was in Younis’ shoes… I wouldn’t have “reacted” the same way but internally, who know how subjugated, demoralized, undervalued and taken-for-granted he would feel when he’s asked to take responsibility for something that he doesn’t have the authority or the control.
PCB seem to want to run themselves as a corporation and it’s high time that PCB realize the business maxim “Ownership = Responsibility + Accountability” … and “Responsibility = Authority + Resources”.
So if they want the team captain to own up to his decisions and lead the team effectively, they need to infuse the right culture throughout the hierarchy. Overriding and undermining the captain’s suggestions doesn’t bode well with their desired outcomes.
Re: Younis Khan refuses Kaptaani in 3rd Test/ Mohd Yousuf too
Younus refuses long term captaincy. "I would rather be a third umpire" - Younus