Former cricketers blame Inzamam,

[Amjid Javed]

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, coach Bob Woolmer and manager Haroon Rasheed have been accused of deliberately not playing Younis Khan in the VB one-day series by former Test players Illyas Ahmed and Sikander Bakht.

Appearing on the discussion programme on Pakistan Television during the break in the Pakistan and West Indies VB encounter on Friday, Sikander started the ball rolling by suggesting to Illyas if he didn’t feel that Younis’s non-selection might have something to do with Imran Khan tipping him as a future captain.

"What would you say," Bakht told Illyas who took up the issue by blatantly stating that there was a possibility that the team management was not playing Younis in the VB series because they might not want a situation where he scores more runs and becomes a strong candidate to replace Inzamam as captain.

"It is a possibility. I am just saying this is a possibility," Illyas maintained after making his allegations. Younis who was Pakistan’s leading run scorer in the three test series has not been played in any VB series match so far. Former captain Imran Khan had said recently while criticizing Inzamam’s captaincy that Younis Khan should be appointed the captain.

Inzamam’s captaincy again came in for criticism from the commentators with former Australian skipper Ian Chappell describing him as a ‘conservative’ captain when there was a need for a more ‘pro-active’ captain in the Pakistan team.

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then when they do play him its as a keeper! at least Dravid was a part time keeper. YK aint!

[fair_play]

:-)

[Jedi Knight]

The question is how do we fit Younis into the one day team???

Cos for the next game i'd keep the same team and just change younis for akmal...

no5

[Love and Theft]

Yes I do believe this is true. Inzi is threatened by Younis

[Amjid Javed]

easiest way to keep YK in odi team is to make him 12th man all the time!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

if yk plays then has to be as no3

[Saqlain_doosra]

If Akmal opens then he should bat at 3 or 6

[Fessal]

Does anybody know what qualities Imran has seen in Younis that makes him suggest he's a potential great captain???? is he because he's a pathan too??

[nadeem]

Just checking if icons work on this forum for me :-D

[KB]

Pakistan at times seems a nation obsessed with conspiracy theories.

[Schiller]

ha ha :oD

at times ggm? ;-p

[MIG]

What do you mean conspiracy ? its a fact - My brothers friends sisters cousins mumani and her 2 cats heard this with their OWN ears - what more proof does one need ? :-D

[KB]

;-p

A contorted "emoticon" if ever I have seen one.

[Schiller]

Oh I agree and it appealed to my sense of perversity and thought why not
:?d :oD

[KB]

:?d

I am all for a heavyweight boxer punching that geezer right through his set of teeth.

He's just asking for it.

[Schiller]

:oD :oD :oD