Butt wanted me to continue as Test captain: Younus Khan
Lahore:Younus Khan has claimed that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt had asked him to continue as skipper when he expressed a desire not to be included in the
team touring New Zealand next week. "He (Butt) wanted me to continue as captain,
but I asked him to excuse me," Khan was quoted, as saying. While reports in the
media suggested that Khan has only taken a break from the hectic schedule, and
would come back in the squad following a short break, the former captain himself
said that it would be premature to say whether he would be leading the side again
or not. "It is premature to say whether I will captain of the side in the future,
it all depends what the situation is," Khan said. Khan admitted that he was going
through a rough patch in his career, and thus decided to take a break from international
cricket to focus on the weak points. "If I was not scoring runs, how could I question
other batsmen. That's why I decided not to put the burden on the team and take
a break from international cricket," The Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying. "If
I rediscovered my batting form, only then I will give my availability to the cricket
board," he added. The PCB has appointed middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf as
the captain of the Test team for the New Zealand series.
