'Hapless' Younis says he should not be blamed for team's defeat against Lanka.Byline: ANIKarachi, July 16 (ANI): Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan Mohammad Younus Khan (Urdu/Pashto: محمد یونس خان), (born November 29, 1977 in Mardan, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Pakistan national cricket team since is aghast with the way several former cricketers have criticized him after losing two consecutive Test matches against Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. , and blamed poor team spirit for humiliating hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. defeats. In an interview with a private television channel, a visibly upset Khan said he should not be blamed for the below par performance of senior players. He said it was upto the country's cricket authorities to decide whether these senior players should be axed from the team. "I just inherited these players.I mean what can I do if players like Shoaib Malik Shoaib Malik (Urdu: شعیب ملک) (born 1 February, 1982 in Sialkot) is captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. and Misbah are failing regularly. If I just throw them out of the team, the whole of Pakistan will start talking that I've got rid of them. It is up to the authorities to decide what should be done about it," Khan said. Khan said he is trying his best to squeeze the best out of the team, and warned that discarding senior members at one go would serve a further blow to the team. "After the 2003 World Cup, the Board decided to drop almost all the senior players and that turned out to be a bad move," The News quoted Khan, as saying. Several former cricketers have criticized the team for its lackluster performance in the ongoing three match Test series against Sri Lanka, which the hosts have already pocketed with an invincible 2-0 lead. Former players such as Sarfaraz Nawaz and Inzamam-ul-Haq have blamed the unsporting attitude of the senior players for the loss. "The situation in the team is not good. I can smell factionalism within the team and Younis is not doing his best to keep the team united, and that does not augur augur: see omen. well for our cricket," said Haq, one of the most successful captains of Pakistan cricket team. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) chairman Ijaz Butt has denied reports about any grouping in the team. "There cannot be any chance of grouping in the team as I believe the captain has very good relations with senior players like Misbah-ul-Haq," Butt said. Butt has also ruled out the idea of sacking Younis Khan. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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