Pakistan

Younus was an arrogant captain: Aaqib

Umar Farooq May 07, 2010

LAHORE: Former Pakistan assistant coach Aaqib Javed labelled Younus Khan an “arrogant captain” and one that “no player wanted to lead Pakistan”, according to the inquiry committee report that resulted in punishment handed out to seven players.

According to a source, the report also maintained that Javed accused Younus, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik of off-setting team unity on the tour of Australia. While Malik faced a one-year ban and a heavy fine, Younus and Yousuf were banned indefinitely by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the recommendation of the inquiry committee.

The report further revealed that Malik recorded his statement before the inquiry committee saying that Yousuf had forced six players from the national team to take Quranic oath against Younus’ captaincy at the residence of former captain Inzamamul Haq in Lahore. Kamran Akmal, who had been pressing to include his younger brother Umar in the team earlier in the year, was faced the axe as the PCB sent Sarfraz Ahmed as his replacement on the tour of Australia.

Umar admitted before the committee that he was “disappointed on his brother being dropped” and that was why he “faked an injury”. Umar was fined for his actions by the committee. Pakistan’s former coach Inthikhab Alam – who was in charge during the Australia tour – confirmed the presence of match-fixing elements during the tour, according to the report.

The report added that Alam believed there existed concrete facts to back his claims. Abdul Raqib, Pakistan’s manager on the tour of Australia and New Zealand, revealed that Mohammad Aamer was flirting with girls when fielding in the deep and several other players were interested in fielding in the deep as well but when their positions were changed, they took out their displeasure on the captain.

Pakistan’s physio Faisal Hayyat exposed the attitude of the opener Salman Butt and former captain Malik while stating that the duo pretended to be ill after finding out that the pitch Pakistan was supposed to play their next match on had grass so that they would be omitted from the playing eleven.

COMMENTS (8)

Kashif Hasan | 14 years ago | Reply Aqib's statement is greek for me as I alway saw Younus chewing buble in field and without control on team but former Asst. choch was closer to team than any one else, so we are compelled to accept his opinion.

Faisal Wahab | 14 years ago | Reply Aqib, younis khan was not an arrogant captain, you played under Imran, i would say he was one of the most arrogant captain pak team ever had becos he abused them on the field if they misfielded or batsman performed recklessly. Qasim umar is the example, whom imran abused him so much that he had to leave the team. He told imran not to abuse him. Imran ruled Pak Cricket for a decade (autobiography Javed Miandad). Saeed Anwar also got his hard talk for reckless batting in 1989 in Australia (narrated by Rameez Raja). What abt Inzamamul haq he too had the total powers to select or drop a player of his choice (authority given by Wasim Bari Chairman Selection Committee).

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haseeb alam | 14 years ago | Reply arrogant....lolz a captain of pakistani team should be bold and strict.coz we pakistani have a team for which we can say "laton k booth,baton se nahi mante". if i were a captain,i would also an arrogant,bold and strict.not for my own,but for my team,my country and to give better results. tell me one thing aqib,do you think that there is better captain option other than younis khan in the team?

Faisal Wahab | 14 years ago | Reply There was politics in the team in the early seventees uptill late seventees when Asif Iqbal took the team to India minus Sarfraz Nawaz becos he never liked Asif Iqbal. After Imran Khan took over the Captaincy on the 1982 Tour Pakistan Cricket golden period started till the world cup of 1992. From 1992 till 2010 match fixing, politics are prominent in the team. The main reason for all this is that team needs a strong captain like imran khan, we found younis khan to be the appropriate person, but the pcb is so weak as an organization that it failed to control the players. In Aus Ponting is the captain since 2004, no player in the team has any ambition to become captain, they are performing at their best. Salman Butt & Shoaib Malik are not test level players. If they start dreaming to become captain of the team then there is total destruction of the team. 8 captains musical chairs went on from 1993 to 2000. The Average comes to 1 captain per year.What was wrong with Miandad, becos he performed for the team, he was guilty for this crime. This team can never win any tournament untill it unites itself to win, the will to win is more important than anything else.

Khan | 14 years ago | Reply So what's new? When the country has been mismanaged by a corrupt, arrogant, religiously hypocritcal and grossly incompetent leadership for the past few decades, can we expect members of our cricket team to be any different?

Zeeshan Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply What the hell...! The only source I can find of this is in Express newspapers...! This is just pure fake...nothing else...!

anwaarahmad | 14 years ago | Reply Many of our stars of cricket do deserve to be in our federal cabinet,do nothing look busy.

muhammad daniyal rashid | 14 years ago | Reply not possible... impossible on the part of Yousuf that he had called 6 players to his room for QURANIC oath... he can never do this act.... also because he already had no good or strong relationships with any player in the side to do such an act ... fake news....

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