Karachi: The former Pakistani Skipper Younis Khan has claimed that the 2009 players rebelled against him had his roots in senior captain’s ambitions such as Shahid Afridi.
YOUPOR claims that rebellion is not done because the players are not happy with the style of captain or a strong attitude.
“If the players have a problem with me, they can talk to me.
They claim that they don’t want me to be removed as captain but just want a cricket board to talk to me to change my attitude,” Younu told TV channels.
“Then how when the player met the PCB chairman later, Ejaz Butt one senior player, apparently Afridi demanded that the captain be changed.
For me it’s about the captain’s ambition,” the highest test said for Pakistan.
Younis also confirmed that a player (said Umar Akmal) came to his room to ask the Koran and took him to say he wanted him because some players wanted to read Sarah’s important match before the match.
The former captain said later the same Qur’an was used to ask the players to take an oath that they would not reveal anything discussed at a rebellious player meeting in South Africa during the Champions Trophy.
Ironically after Younis resigned at the end of 2009, it was Misbah-ul-Haq and Afridi who was captain of Pakistan in red and white ball cricket.
Younis said he had spent four years his career with Pakistan left in his room all the time and only focused on his cricket.
He was also asked about the famous incident when in 2016 he suddenly announced his retirement from Odis on the day before the match against England.
“It wasn’t sudden at all.
I have made my previous decision to retire from ODI because I was not elected in ODI eleven for the past two years.” On the night before the head of the head of the match, Haroon Rasheed called me and me.
To tell him that I was thinking about retiring from Odis and he turned and told me rudely that it was up to me but he had chosen me to draw against England and me (YOUNIS) must only listen to team management and play as they want.
“” I was very upset with his tone and that was why I announced my retirement the next morning.
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