Younis is a great captaincy material.....

....and that is why he will never get the regular captaincy of Pakistan (After spurning once before).

His biggest problem is that Younis wants to be another Imran Khan, the legendary warrior, who selected his teams on his own terms and won many a great battle.

However, the PCB will never want a captain who has the potential to become bigger than the organization. Especially after Imran Khan’s experience, whose stature and authoritarian though successful ways made the board officials and selectors look like embarrassed pygmies.

So even as Younis said that if the Board wants him to lead the team, ‘’we needed to sit down and discuss and finalise some things,’’ the PCB hastily announced that Shoaib Malik will be the leader for one more year.

That is a pity because Younis really proved his credentials by ensuring that 0-1 do not become a hugely embarrassing 0-3 in the recent series against India.

To cap it, the PCB have also come down heavily on players writing columns. Probably, they do not want a situation where a senior player or skipper criticizes an inclusion against his will, as had happened during the second test against India when Younis had questioned the presence of an unfit Shoaib in the team.

But this attitude of the PCB will only produce a very docile team. One fears that, with this mindset, losing is going to become a habit with Pakistan.

ENDS

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Below are the links to two others blogs by Atul
http://spiritualsolace.blogspot.com/
http://suckersofworld.blogspot.com/

Will he, or Won't he...But Younis certainly deserves better treatment from PCB

Younis never wanted to be a lame duck captain. So refused captaincy before. At Kolkatta, circumstances forced him to become one even as a partially fit Shoaib Akhtar was thrust on him.

Now, after a superb rearguard action at Kolkatta by Pak, with a brilliant century by the stand in skipper being the Jewel in the Crown, if Younis Khan wants to have his own team in this 'gallow or glory battle', then what is wrong in it.

None of the PCB office bearers is ever going to resign if Pakistan fail to win Bangalore test. Even their selectors, at best, will opt for some new faces. So what’s wrong if Younis wants to fight a battle with his own hand-picked men.

If will be a pity if he is dropped as captain in favour of someone like Misbah, who is yet to prove his credentials in all conditions notwithstanding whatever Rameez Raja says about him.

Pak media manager may claim that there is no truth in the reports that Younis does not want to lead but the signs of turmoil were already there when Younis had written about the controversial inclusion of Akhtar in Kolkatta test, even as Pakistan were battling to save the test.

Now he, or his well wishers, have used some friendly journalist to convey the message that all is not well.

Well done, Younis!