younis khan is gentle and honest player.i had seen him playing cricket for his country not for individual record.whatever desicion he take it will good for him.i am sure if he take captanicy,he prove better than inzamam.
RE:honest
by TDH on Apr 14, 2007 11:14 AM Permalink
It takes a lot of honesty and integrity to admit ones shortcomings (other players can take a note from this guy), Younis was never much of an ODI player, if he decides to retire from ODI's then it's his decision to make. I personally don't think he should retire, once again Pakistan does not have any bench strength at all, there is no suitable replacement if younis quits (the state of Pak cricket is really pathetic, but it's true), maybe he should just give himself some time, but his decision in the end.
If you see his interview (on GEO TV), he says that after his bad performance at the world cup he felt that he didn't deserve to be captain. He further voices his fears of isolation that a captain has to face, politics from board members, hostility from media, we all saw what happened to inzimam, he was made the scapegoat for everything (from selection to teams non-performance, what was the rest of PCB doing), a captain cannot force the performance out of people, it is a very thankless job. All of this just reflects the tremendous mental and emotional pressure on players.
RE:honest
by S Narain on Apr 14, 2007 01:08 PM Permalink
I would say Pak take the resposibilty of debacle in the world cup seriously and the Captain resigned owning the resposibilty.Whereas in Indian crciket ,there is no resposibility for a dreadful performance for so long.Even ,BCCI allowed Chappel to destroy & demoralize the Indian team ever since he has assumed his role as coach. Indian public is capable of swallowing any disgrace that the Indian team has brought to the country. The main culprit ,more than Captain ,Coach & players ,is BCCI. BCCI encouraged Coach Chappel to play the poltical game ( Deliberate leasking of E mail to media) & created the divisions in team ( this was the mandate of BCCI or incllussion with BCCI ). Hence the real culprit is BCCI.
