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 If the Board wants me to lead the team I can do it: Younis
14th Dec 2007 21:01 IST
Agencies
Senior Pakistani batsman Younis Khan has had a change of heart and now he is willing to captain the national team but only after clarifying certain issues with the Cricket Board.
"If the Board wants me to lead the team I can do it. But first we need to sit down and discuss and finalise some things," Younis said in Karachi today.
Younis had reluctantly led the team in the last two drawn Tests against India at Kolkata and Bangalore after captain Shoaib Malik was ruled out due to an ankle injury in the three-match series.
Pakistan lost the one-day series and the first Test against India under the leadership of Malik.
But after returning to Younis said that the Board had the authority to appoint the captain and if they wanted him to do this job he was willing to discuss it with them.
"I only agreed to be vice-captain for the Indian tour because of the importance of the series. If the matches had been against any other team I might not have accepted this responsibility. But now if the Board feels I can be a good Test captain, I am willing to do it but after talking to them," he said.
Younis said he had his own way of playing cricket and leading the side.
"If the team can do well under my captaincy I would be very happy but I am not asking anyone for the job. This is the Board's prerogative what they want to do," he said. |
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