Younis Khan rejects Pakistan Captaincy (see post 101)

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**Yes I will, No I won’t, the flip flop undecided Younis continues his comedy show. Do we really need such an indecisive person as captain. I say NO.

Younis rejects Pakistan captaincy**

Batsman Younis Khan has turned down the chance to succeed Inzamam-ul-Haq as Pakistan’s new captain.

Younis, who is about to begin a county contract in England with Yorkshire, is unhappy with the reception the team received after their World Cup exit.
The 29-year-old said: "I have always given 100% for my country.
“But when your family gets threatning calls and our effigies are burnt and our pictures put on donkeys, I can’t lead the team in such circumstances.”
Inzamam stepped down as skipper after Pakistan were knocked out of the World Cup at the first round stage, but although he is finished with one-day cricket, he hopes to continue his Test career.
Younis was the obvious candidate to take over, having been vice-captain since 2005 and having led the team in two Tests and six one-dayers when Inzamam was unavailable.
“They offered me the captaincy with full powers. The PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] said they would also be appointing a strong selection committee to back me up, but I refused after thanking them for their offer,” he told the Urdu language Express newspaper.
Younis, who described Tests as “real cricket” is also thinking over whether he wants to continue playing limited overs internationals after an unsuccessful time in the Caribbean where he made only 37 runs in three innings.
The PCB hopes to appoint a new captain and coach early next month.
They have already suspended the central contracts of members of the national team and will switch to performance-related terms for future series.
Javed Miandad, a former captain and coach of the national team, has backed the board, saying: “Unless steps are taken to curb player-power and they are given the message that they don’t have automatic places in the team, nothing will change.”
He added: “The next captain must be strong, but not allowed to dictate to the selectors or the board.”

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Very valid point!

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Batsman ‘still under considerable mental strain’

Younis turns down Pakistan captaincy

Cricinfo staff

April 13, 2007

Younis Khan has officially declined the captaincy of Pakistan, citing continuing mental strain after the traumatic events of recent weeks as the main factor in his decision.

Younis has been Pakistan’s vice-captain for two years and was widely expected to take over following the resignation of Inzamam-ul-Haq in the wake of Pakistan’s first-round ouster at the World Cup. But after a fortnight of speculation in which it emerged that he was reluctant to take over, he confirmed his decision to the Urdu daily, Express in an interview.

“They offered me the captaincy with full powers,” Younis said. “The PCB said they would also be appointing a strong selection committee to back me up. But I refused after thanking them for their offer.”

Privately, PCB officials had already resigned themselves to the fact that Younis would not take over though it is thought Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the board, was a keen supporter and was willing to try and sway Younis’s decision.

Younis admitted that widespread criticism of the national side since their shock exit had been tough to digest, and affected his decision. “I am still hurt and upset at the sort of hostile reception we have got since returning from the World Cup. I have always given 100 percent for my country. But when your family gets threatening calls and our effigies are burnt and our pictures put on donkeys, then I can’t lead the team in such circumstances.”

He also denied rumours that he had asked the board for enhanced powers or that he called for certain players to be dropped, before hinting that he may also retire from ODIs. “I made no such demand. I think Test matches are real cricket and I will decide soon if I should continue to play ODIs.”

This is the second time that Younis has walked away from the captaincy of Pakistan; last October, just before the Champions Trophy in India, he announced in a press conference that he refused to be a ‘dummy captain’ and walked off, only to be reinstated under a new board administration two days later.

Younis, who was one of the players who improved most under Bob Woolmer’s coaching tenure and was particularly close to him, described the week after Woolmer’s death as the worst of his life. “At one stage I got so angry with the way we were being treated I told the Jamaican authorities we are international cricketers not criminals,” he said. “I told them why are you suspecting us of murdering Woolmer. In him we have lost a father figure.”

The decision ensures that Pakistan, looking to start afresh after a traumatic few months, will be unable to do any such thing soon. They are now faced with a particularly tricky dilemma as they look at alternative options. Shoaib Malik, touted by some including Woolmer as a future captain, is among the front-runners, though there has also been talk of Salman Butt and Mohammad Yousuf.

In either case, the decision is expected to be made on or before the board’s next ad-hoc committee meeting on May 7.

© Cricinfo

Source: Cricinfo

**They should look for an alternative choice rather than keeping him in mind. Even if he changes his mind and accepts the job; what gurantee is there that he will continue as a captain and again another captain will be needed. Therefore, forget Younis and make someone else the captain.

He is also hinted at retiring from ODI game - again is he going to be like Afridi and make a emotional decision? Maybe he will announce his ODI retirement and than change his mind again.**

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About time this Younis Khan business is put to rest. He never showed any Captaincy potential - walking away from the job on two occasions and being uninspiring on the occasions when he DID lead the team.

I think this is the correct decision. Now PCB can look for a young Captain and build a young team for ODI cricket. Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousef should be playing test cricket not ODI cricket.

As for the 'threatning phone calls' and 'donkey' business - I dont have much sympathy for him. They all know what cricket in Pakistan is like. Lots of money, lots of respect - and at the same time - tough going when you fail time after time...they dont complain when they get the good things in life for playing cricket in Pakistan so I have no sympathy for him whining about it when the going is tough.

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^ Yes They all know what is it like to be a Pakistani cricketer but we as a nation should have given them some respite after the tragic death of Woolmer.

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Chalo jee…:smack:
What a horse-pill this is…hard to swallow but a must do now.
He (YoYo) and I named him as such when he did the “dummy” routine in the ICCCT, has pulled the final straw in my book. So PCB can now appoint any one they like and run him on remote control. Be it Malik or Butt or anyone. I hope its not MoYo atleast.
My worst Fears: The Pakistan team will be like a flock with a shepherd who does not know the way. A flock that gets lost grazing in the pastures to return after losing half the flock to wolves. They might become MIA in the international cricket war zone.
Allah help us!!

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It's a blessing in disguise. Younis was emotional brat that I knew, but he would turn out so much amateurish, is sort of a news to me. He is too temperamental to be given charge of the team. Captain needs to be an active figure, but he always looked to me hyper-active which is not a good thing.

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I did not detect any indecisiveness on Younis's part. He had always been very clear from day 1 that he did not want to be a dummy captain. If anything the PCB initially seemed reluctant to accept certain conditions (we don't know exactly what those conditions were but I think Younis had every right to demand to know the exact job description before accepting it) set by him only to change their minds and offer him full powers later but by then he had already made up his mind. The reaction in Pakistan post WC debacle seems also to have dissuaded him from accepting the job.

"I am still hurt and upset at the sort of hostile reception we have got since returning from the World Cup. I have always given 100 percent for my country. But when your family gets threatening calls and our effigies are burnt and our pictures put on donkeys, then I can't lead the team in such circumstances."

I think Younis is right. If people are going to start threatening your family everytime you lose as captain then it's not worth it. Your family should always come first.

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very good news, thanks for sharing Ehsan bhai :k:

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told you guys. Someone please go tell Younus Khan that he is not as "hot" as much as he thinks. It will be hard for him to retain his place in the team just on the basis of performance.

Pakistan should not have ill-tempered captain.

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Malik for captaincy :k:

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well said. I think Younis khan has witnessed how defeat is treated in Pak. Nothing comes before family and i am very sure that he must have gone through really bad stuff to make his final decision. It is sad, how could any one question his passion for cricket and his loyalty to his country. It is very evident from his body language in the field. Some times things go your way and some time they dont. I think Pak athletes do a great job provided with the facilities they have. But its really sad how the careers end for such great servers of the country.

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Not a good decision by Younis. In past 4 years, Inzamam went through same crap from media and people. We had up and down series after series, it was his captaincy to be taken and he blew it again...lets say it 3 times now? Sad, I don't know what to say...I guess Yousuf and Shoaib Malik will take the captaincy and vice-captaincy.

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What a sissy....oh ...they put my photo on a donkey and burn my effigies...so I will not be the Captain.....he forgets the amount fo adulation he gets when the team performs...

Leading the national team is a privilege and an honour...mental toughness and a thick skin to deal with the bouquets/brickbats(howsoever extreme) is part of the job requirements.....when was the last time a President/PM of a country resigned because he did not like the general public burning his effigy.

If he is so bothered about public reaction...he should refuse to play Cricket for Pak and not just refuse Captaincy.

Going by Younis Khan's past tantrums...I feel he is an attention seeker and of course has a big ego.

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Well at least the guy is being honest with his limitations. He can't stand adversity from the media and public. What would have been worse is that he accepts it with that cloud hanging in the back of his mind. At least now PAK Cricket will not waste any years with him as a captain.

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You folks have to realize that the guy lost couple of brothers and father in recent future. So threatning calls that his family recieved might had a major impact on his decision making. This is just my own conclusion though.
Lets give the poor chap a break and not completly forget his heroics for our country.
I already fear for the new captain. Now people have all their hopes resting on the new guy and lets hope he doesnt break from the pressure.

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If you think about it......it is not as if Younis Khan is/was great Captaincy material....he was being touted for Captaincy only because of the TINA factor (There is no alternative).

As I wrote before, there was a time when Pak's playing eleven had 4-5 current/former captains (Akram, Waqar, Anwar, Sohail, Latif) and now Pak is hard-pressed to find one guy good enough to lead the side as well as retain his place in it....this is very unfortunate.

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Yes he did (though not in the 'recent future' :) ) . But his past tantrums (just before the Champions Trophy) had nothing to do with his family situation.

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i am utterly amazed why people keep bringing Yousuf up for Captaincy. We have already suffered by going with Inzimam's incompetent captaincy because he was teh 'senior most' in the team at that time. Now if we make the same mistake again, and pick Captain by seniority rather than ability, we will be stuck with another bad Captain for years. Remember, being Captain in cricket is not the same as being a Captain of the hockey team. A cricket captain can single handedly win or lose you matches with his running of the team .. we absolutely cannot have yousef as a Captain.

Go Malik.

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:maulana: great idea! Actually this will work. There is an even better method…the 22 players sit around a table and the umpire spins a bottle in the center. whichever 2 players are at the two ends on each spin will have to tell each other a story. Whoever makes the group laugh loudest gets a run. If nobody laughs, he is out.