Younis already resigned from playing 50/50 ODI against New Zealand. Why Aijaz butt did not accept ,Younis is not one day players, they should haved dropped Younis and middle order good with three malik / akmal /yousuf. There is no doubt that Pakistani would have lost the series. Instead of ODI, Younis should be given captaincy in test match against New Zealand. But the selectors again did reverse. Younis should play test matches at any cost as a player or captain. He is the best test players after Yousuf. But not for one day either 20/20 or 50/50.
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Younis Khan was clearly ousted by the player mafia. The PCB has shown itself to be completely clueless in the face of player politics.

I hope the rumors about Inzamam being selected as coach are just that. The last thing people need is a return of the molvism in the team, a time when the team was spending more time in Raiwind than in the nets!

Ijaz Butt must be replaced with a more assertive individual who can discipline the player lobby, and lead the PCB out of the mess it finds itself in today.

Should we Play cricket or Politics. At least you give him a time to judge and handle team mates but continuous interference and mental disturbance.

I know after Imran Khan he is too much capable to do captaincy and he is best.

He was the one who joined team mates and boasted the spirit of fight against other team and won T20 Cup.

We should give him more time.

Out of form and unfit Younis should never have been selected to play against the NZ in
ODIs. Younis should prove his form and fitness before thinking of coming back.

Selectors should build team for World Cup. Youngsters below the age of 25 years should be given preference.

Younis another resignation letter will neither get you Captaincy nor place in Pakistani
team.

Younus is a much better batsman– his past record is a clear proof of his batting skills. However, I feel, his batting suffers because of the pressures of captaincy. He should continue playing as a batsman for his country, even if he decides to relinquish is captaincy.

Younas should leave the cricket. He is not a good player or Captain. Afridi is a good player and captain. All the people of Pakistan want to see Afridi as Captain. Mr. Ijaz Butt, Chairman PCB should take notice of it. Now Younas have to go.

Younas should resigned from not captaincy as well from cricket. He is not a good batsman. There is no place of him in team. He should leave the team and captaincy for Afridi or Abdul Razzaq.(Younas is not a good captain, PCB should think about this.)

Its a baseless aligation when yr fingure is hurt. its natural tendancy to avaoid the ball not to hurt hands.Yonus is good team player n captin but his techique of bating doesnot suit oneday cricket he should retire from oneday cricket but we need him for test love to see him in New zealand where i reside

Its true that blaiming Younas for match fixing is very huritng for him, But to resign from captancy is not logical,
Because new Captain should also resign from captency if he is also blamed from match fixing ans so on…
Wasim Akram has long been involved in match fixing but he continued his play as cricketer & as captain and resigned only when he wanted to stop play

This is all because of Jamshed Dasti …. He shouldn’t have made allegations on YK unless he has all the proves …. not only did he hurt the dignity of a man, he also braught Pakistan to a very shamefull incident.

It sad and bad news for Pakistani team. Mr Dasti’s is a politician he has no right to give baseless elligation to pak team I could not understand what kind of politician pak is producing. The stupid politician has destroyed pak in the hands of crulity and duality. Regarding Y khan he is very good and has a quality of good leader ship if pak wants that somebody else should do captancy why they not appoint dircetly with out insulting the x-captain. I feel this is the history of Pak board to give fals elligations to hounered captains.
Honestly speaking I am kashmiri lying under indian part when ever there any prob in pak it not only hits the feeling of kashmiri people but also their sole. Plz dear brothers Save pakistan it is the honour for Muslims through out world.

The allegations of match fixing put on the cricket team were shameful and baseless. Its a pity that we as a nation always expect a victory for our team. Afterall its a game and every team is giving its best in the match.
YK should have taken the allegations lightly knowing the attitude of our people. He should hold his emotions and need not resign instead face anything that would come up. Practising sportmanship does require facing such odd situations.

What a loser! If he was a real leader, captain and a fighter he would have had the courage to face the allegations and answer in a professional manner. This was basically telling everybody, I don’t care and leave me alone. A true leader never does that and I lost all my respect for YK.

YK should not have resigned because as a leader he should be ready to face all sorts of critism & allegations no matter how baseless they are…… As far as Mr. Dasti goes in my view should be the person who should be accounted for his baseless allegations that he has levied against the Pakistan Team and especially for the shame that the whole nation had to face in front of the international world. Also I am sure that if dug in to the career of Mr. Dasti one will find a lot of things that he should be accounted for and would be proven
against him but he being a politician would even then not resign & continue……..
ALL IN ALL ….. please stop blaming the team & its players and let the public have pride in the game of cricket which for the Pakistani people is passion.

If They Win they are Hero’s n if the Loose we don’t accept any Excuse. Politicians should analyze them self first, concentrate on core issues and then try to analyze credibility of others

Nothing unusual in either india or pakistan .When we win no questions… when we lose start the storm in a tea cup . … So typical of us — very non sporting

The major problem with Younis Khan is that he,s so blunt thats where problems occured.The Team manegement does not like his blunt attitude.younis khan does not get rattled to reveal the true story.The decision of his resignation was a nasty one.i think he should summon up courage to face these hurdles in their way.The PCB are really trying to hush_up this controversy that would not work.

No body should have to put up with allegations on their integrity without evidence. People making such allegations should be taken to task to ensure it does not happen in the future. Having captained a very young and developing team to the 20-20 crown and then to the semi final, this is just extremely cruel on him. It is very easy to say that he should put up with. But I ask the ones doing so to place themselves in a similar situation in their own workplace. We all need to back Younis on this and demand the persecution of these stupid politicians.

POLITICIANS SHOULD LEARN FROM YOUNUS HOW AND WHEN TO RESIGN……….YOUNUS WE LOVE YOU.

If his performance as a captain is to reviewed, his decisions as a captain and his judgment calls really let the team down on a number of occasions. A point in case: ICC Champion’s Trophy Semi-Final against New Zealand in which he did not take up the batting power play when Umar Akmal and Muhammad Yousaf were playing.
Also, to clear out further, the T20 victory was a overall team performance, Younas Khan’s captaincy was not what was lauded about the team. There was a reason why Shahid Afridi was made the T20 team’s captain.
I think it was about time for him to give up the captaincy. Overall, Younas Khan’s captaincy has been an utter disappointment. I hereby rest my case.

i don,t think that Pakistan Team was involved in the Match_Fixing.These are baseless allegations.Younis Khan is a Bold Captian.I Think it is a conspiracy against him.

YK probably now holds the record of highest number of resignations as a captain within 3 years.

yunas khan is the most genious captan.i think he is know the respect of pakistan.pakistan is also face the challenges now aday.this is a time which is we prove that pakistan is a stong country.If thats are sincere with his county then they are never think about that propaganda.pakistan needs the victory.match fixing is a very bad thing.in my openion yunas khan cannot do so.

Really sad day for Pakistan cricket!! Dasti whatever his name is poking his nose just for cheap publicity.If he is looking for corruption then investigate the people sitting in NA & senate.

blame to India – as usual.

Come on YOUNIS why believe on dasti who is another crab among the politicans enforced upon us by those who want to destroy us. Nation is with you, Everone knows you are honest, hardworking, dedicated and a true leader. I assure you that all common die hard PAKIS love you and want you to lead our team as you have given hopes (remember T20) out of no where.
And dasti try to be honest if you have anything left in you. Nothing less than an appology will help Pakistan.

Once again an honest man became victim of dirty politics. We shouldn’t criticize Younis for leaving captaincy. Any other person had done the same thing what Younis did. He is a respectable person but Parliamentarian has tarnish the image of both Pakistan & Pakistan Cricket. Who gave these idiots authority to take the accountability of the sportsman. Who fought well to win the T20 cup and reach the semifinal birth of Champions trophy. Remember Pakistan is the only team who reach the third round of both the ICC tournaments played in 2009.

The team’s vice captain Mr Afridi should stand up for Younis Khan and say if Younis Khan leaves i leave the vice captaincy as well. This is the only way to shut the critics up who find some or the other way to blame our players everytime we loose.
Come on Guys, stand up for your skipper who stood by you in your difficult times.

the Pakistani politicians have made a joke of themselves, teams like India, Sri Lanka, south africa couldnt make it to the knock out round , but there was no news of anyone from their assemblies raised any questions about it. Adding to that even the New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori failed to make the final line up in the finals of the CT, but did any one charge him with fixing the match in favour of the aussies? Then why Younis and why our politicians ?

The parlimentarians has bungled it again. The problem with politicians is that they smell rat in every thing. Probably Mr Dasti placed himself in the shoes of Younis and thought that if he was made the captain he could have minted a lot of money by match fixing.
I feel sorry for the parliment of Pakistan

hey i support YK
he is a gentlemen , hard working cricketer
should not forget the pak present team is doing well a large part is due to YK
He should not be targeted like this

Rao Iftikhar for captain!!

Honourable chief justice should take suo moto action and called Dasti to prove his allegations which malligned not only cricketers but the whole nation due to his irresponsible statement. Dasti himself does not know how to behave with women and uses foul language in the parliament.

Jamshed Dasti is a ex convict and is involved in so many frauds and alleged involvement in his cousin’s murder. How dare he speak against our captain

i cant believe people are actually commenting that he should have faced the undue allegations because thats what a leader would do. Younis khan did the right thing for himself, why is it that despite watching that our team gave it there all, a loss of any kind immediatly results in allegations. people dont know how to support the team unless they are winning!!

In my opinion YK is not a captaincy material to begin with, and his resignation under such circumtances prove again that he is not a leader. This is not the first time that he has ‘chickened-out’, when a true leader should have stepped up. I believe Afridi is a far better choice for a captain, and once thrust up on with responsibility, he will perform better too.

However, the match-fixing allegations are shameful and a big blow to Pakistan cricket. When Dasti himself retracted from his own allegations the very next day then what was the purpose of this hearing? It is ridiculous how the parliament acts on such ‘non-issues’ so promptly, but does not bother to put any effort in taking up the ‘real’ issues. I hope Dasti is brought to the court of justice for this injustice.

An honourable man. That is how it is done i.e. Defend one’s honour.

Unfortunate to exhaust resources on such trivial things. There are so many important issues in the country other than Cricket, which need an urgent attention by these lawmakers, such as reforming (restructuring)the whole cricket set up including its chairman, the steering committee, the selectors/coaches and many others who are equally responsible for making wrong decisions/selection.

A leader is incharge of all the affairs of his team and is answerable to all the allegations and criticism. If he is such a weak person who can not take this reponsibilty, then he should not be leader. We need a bold, honest and strong person to control affairs of the team and also manage board and other interferring officials.

What do the Pakistani parliamentarian’s know about cricket? Who has given them the right to meddle into sports? They should first prove that they are themselves competent parliamentarians.The leass I say the better it is for my blood pressure.

In my opinion, politicians have never done any good to Paksitan themselves; and now that someone else is doing something beneficial for the country, this is how they treat him?!

This is our country, our cricket team, not some politicians personal team that he can go about and do with it as he pleases.

I hope the media goes after Dasti and gives him a taste of his own medicine. Dasti should be taken to court for defmaing the cricket team, and insulting the nation of pakistan.

Emotional decision by YK.. If the allegations are baseless or ridiculous, nobody has a right to point fingers at the captain.. But a captain should be brave enough to face all the beatings!! Captains in Past have done so aswell..

Younis is a great cricketer and should have gone with dignity. Resigning under the circumstances leaves a stink behind.
His blemises in the match against NZ cannot be overlooked,though.If he was not fit,he should not have played. Fawad or Misbah would have strengthen the batting.
I still cannot understand why Power Play was not taken at the appropriate time. Even a 16 yr crickter would have known to take it when appropriate.
Batsmen would anyway go for hits in the last few overs even if they are asked to not to hit out.
Even if Younis was thinking of packing PowerPlay in his hand bag, umpires would have forced them in in the last 5 overs.
Lastly the match was not fixed. Fixing was needed in Younis’s thinking.

And I agree with Zeeshan. The team should protest over the baseless allegations put on the team by Dasti.

for God’s sake, please give them a break!

I really admire Pakistani Cricket team for giving us so much of the happiness in last few months with their phenomenal performance in T-20 Cup and ICC Champions Trophy. Winning or Loosing is a part of game. Ups and downs do come. But still the team rocks now. Younis Khan’s performance wasn’t that good, but still in his captaincy Pakistani team played excellent.

~ Way to go Younis Khan and Pakistan Cricket Team ~

A bad decision by Younis Khan. Being a captian he must be accountable and should have the courage and wisdom to repond to allegations. Retaliation shows that he is not mature enough to lead pakistani squad.

After a period of sheer dissapointment, we had someone who appeared to have the authority and vision to atleast try and make the team believe in itself and play as a unit…victory and loss is all a big part of the game, but it was unbelievable to see Pakistan win the T20 and almost take the Icc Ch trophy as well. Many Pakistanis have no tolerance and know of nothing else except criricise. The board has been plagued with inefficiencies, political maneouvering, corruption, fat cats, an extreme dearth of professionalism and vision; therefore, it makes one sad and angry when such people think they have the right to raise fingers at a team that is finally clawing some dignity back for the country.
Younis should stay as captain; no question about it. But having said that, he must be able to take the pressure that comes with the job and more importantly he must improve and lead from the front when it comes to batting. he is surely doing nobody any favors by not making his bat count.

Politicians stop butting in cricket! You have made a mess of everything else in Pakistan, at least please let us enjoy cricket. Younis Khan is a honorable man and a true patriot. He is the best captain since Imran Khan. So please leave us alone!

Younis Khan did the right thing. Mr. Dasti has no right to make such allegations without any evidence to prove. I think our politician should stay out of sports, specially cricket.

Can anyone tell me where is Patron-in-chief of the PCB. Why have we not heard any thing from him.

Its disgusting how a politician can make such allegations against younus khan. Politicians who are indulged in so much corruption themselves have no right to blame anybody without evidence. He should be ashamed of himself and apologize to Younus khan.

A leader has to face such criticism, so Younis Khan act like one. There is no need to resign.

Learn from this experience, and go on to win more matches for Pakistan as captain than as a player of this Pakistani team.

Well i find the politicians to be persons who are unable to do their businesses well enough so they poke their noses into the cricket matters..i do not find any reasonable basis as to accusation and as to how the cricket captain becomes accountable to corrupt politicians, who are the biggest problem of this poor country!

For those of you who know about cricket and how it is played,should ask the following question.
if no match fixing was involved then why did younis khan choose to bat on a wicket where the fielding sides had won,during the champions trophy.
even the sky commentators stated who ever wins the toss will win the match, that is the kind of pitch it is.
so yunus khan has to answer why he batted first on a pitch that favoured the sides bowling first, its a simple question.
I would have thought the interests of a nation came before any person or persons gain.

World is and should be result oriented. His performance even as a player has deteriorated over time.He cannot lead from the front and does not have the qualities of a good captain now. One should face allegations and must perform. Some more players need to get retirement. We need a young , energetic ans psychologically strong players.

A lot of comments asking for Younus to take the resignation back and Dasti to apologize.

What a mockery of affairs in such a wonderful country by bunch of incompetent individuals.

I believe it is the responsibility of Patron of Pakistan Circket (The President of Pakistan) to make all parties involved and responsible of maligning the name of the country in the world by accusing each other and take them to the task.

If he (The President) is not available to handle it and have a lot on his plate then he should also step aside and let the cricket related issues handled by someone who is really competent.

Long Live Pak & Pak Cricket

Dasti has to publicly appologize and resign from standing comittee chairmanship. it seems he has no clue wat to do and wat to say. Furthermore with all the problem Pakistan facing I would like to know why we have standing comittee probing cricket? Shouldn’t the parliment be doing something to alleviate the suffering of Pakistani people instead of this non-issue. This once again show the incompetence of elected members.

Its a pity Younis had to resign from Capitancy. A true loss to Pakistan Cricket.

On the otherhand, being a well respected and honourable person, it was a right decision.

What would our politicians know about respect and honour??

Accountability is good. But selected accountability is bad. If the parliamentarians have evidence against our national team, they must made it public OR produce themselves in the Supreme Court of Law for insulting the national cricket team of Pakistan. This will complete the accountability cycle.

If within next 24 hours, the honourable parliament committee who called this enquiry is unable to give a concrete report to the entire satisfaction of the billions of cricket fans in Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan should take a suo-moto action and called them in the court of law for:
(i) Defaming the Pakistani national cricketers.
(ii) Falsely blaming the character of Pakistani cricketers.
(iii) Creating doubts about the integrity of Pakistani people.
(iv) Encouraging and propagating false blames of match fixing on Pakistan team.

Last time we lost the honour of being the World Cup host, due to sudden attack on Sri Lankan Cricketers by terrorists. This time we might lose the right to play cricket due to kind acts of our parliament.

Seriously, match fixing when the team reaches the semi and wins the T20 wordlcup… cut these guys some slack they worked hard … someone has to loose! lets see our parliament do something good for a change

All we need is Jamshed Dasti’s resignation who has created this saga, for calling the honourable men for grilling after providing the world with enough material to ridicule pakistan and the team.

Strongly condemnable act by Dasti

It is a great pity for world cricket as well as Pakistan cricket. Hope better sense prevails from all concerned.

it is very sad to know, younis has resigned well… our politician interfere in cricket even they know nothing about cricket. before come up with huge allegation first they must give proof what they did say.

Come on Team Pakistan, stand up with your Captain & resign in protest, if we allow Dasti to get away this time, he will keep hurting our national pride one way or another.
Can anyone come up with an effective way of protest, we have to stand with Younus.
Boom Boom.

This is absurd! No one blames the pakistani team for losing the champions trophy atleast not the people who matter i.e the fans! it was an awesome tournament and ofcourse we would have wanted pakistan in the final but pakistan team did its job : won over india.i would have asked nothing else from them.

Younis Khan should not resign in protest at all,he shouldn let dasti think he got to him. No one can captain this team as well as younis in recent times.This is so crazy, politicians should leave cricket alone! its the only thing these days that unites us,excites us, and for a while makes us blissfully ignorant about the turmoil in the country.

Younis Khan if you ever see this i want you to know on the behalf of all Pakistanis: we love you! now take the job back!

Well done Younis. You took an absolute Right stand. This standing committee should now answer to nation about their false accusation against Honesty and Integrity of the Cricketer. Do they have any evidence or was it simple a ‘False accusation’. Accusing someone is a serious crime. Prove it about the match-fixing.

Not only Dasti abut the entire standing committee and the pariament is answerable in front of the public. I want Media, not to spare these politicians alone. It seems they are there to destroy every honest person and institutions in this country.

We want Dasti to publicly apologize for his incompetence and resign immediately…

I think this is a blessing in disguise. Younus Khan was not performing and his captaincy skills were now being affected. Pakistan needed a young-blood captain (like Shahid Afridi).

i don’t think younis khan realizes the impact it will have on Pakistan cricket.

After such a long time we had a real captain who was able to gel the boys together as a team and they have forced him to resign with their baseless allegations.
He is the first cricket captain after Imran Khan who has won a World title for the country and look at the way he is treated. Even reaching the semis of the Champions Trophy was no small feat by any standards!

In my opinion Mr Dasti is just out for cheap publicity by wrongly accusing the Pakistan team of match fixing and then comically withdrawing the allegations . He has no evidence about match fixing so he should just do the more important work that our parliamentarians are supposed to do but never get round to doing , which is to run this country.

I think Ijaz Butt should return Younis’s resignation , he has started to turn the team around because he is an honest man who calls a spade a spade. The team has won the T 20 World Cup and has reached the semi finals of the Champions Trophy under his captaincy. We dont need Mr Dasti to derail all the good work done by Younis. We were no hopers in the Champions Trophy and still Younis led us to the semi finals . No other country in the world accuses their country’s team of match fixing when they have performed admirably to reach the semi final in the first place . This sort of thing only happens in Pakistan .

India got knocked out in the first round of the Champions Trophy , no one accused Dhoni of match fixing .

As a nation we must realise that there is always a winner and a loser in a game , and there is no shame in losing if we fight and lose , whcih is what the Pkistan team did in the Champions Trophy .

Well done Younis , we don’t want you to become another casualty at the hands of these incompetent parliamentarians , please take your resignation back and lead Pakistan to futher glories , God willing

I rarely follow cricket in detail but whatever I have seen of YK has been great performance!

Politicians should be barred from poking their noses in sports! For God’s sake it is cricket not National Security (which by the way no one wishes to debate in NA!).

Pakistan doesn’t even spare “Cricket” from dirty politics.

Jamshed Dasti should himself resign or atleast publicly apoligize to Younis for foolishly giving any credibility to stories published in Indian tabloids. In my opinion Younis has 200% more credibility than the entire parliament!

I hope Younis re-considers his decision and come back to captain Pakistan thru the 2011WC.

it is not good if Younas Khan has resigned only to weaken the team. He has served Pakistan cricket with some great moments and the nation cannot forget him. He is and he will remain a national hero as he lives in hearts of the cricket lovers. What will Dasti have to show for his baseless allegations?

I think wrong person has resigned.

Educated and sensible people must join politics otherwise these things will never stop.

I am 100% sure there was no match fixing and I can really feel how parliaments comments have hurt Younis Khan.

I pray for my Beautiful Country Pakistan.

Love Pakistan Love Cricket

It is sad to see a captain going away. It is sad to see politicians interfering in an area about which they know nothing. But Younus Khan is out of form since sometime; may be it better to give chance to a successful batman. We do need good batsmen!

The lack of competence once again is evident from another one of our so called leaders. Ironic that Dasti is probably the greatest believer in the team to suggest that the only way Pakistan could have lost it’s matches in the Champion’s trophy is by throwing them away.

The immature attitude of this parliamentarian has seriously undermined the semblence of a team, who happen to be our only ambassadors to the world at large. Admiration was abundant from international spheres about Pakistan’s abundance of fresh talent, their resolve after being out of the game so long and Younis’s ability to gel an enigma of a team.

Dasti should be the subject of a suo moto notice as well as a public hearing on his accusations.

Younis has shown a lack of courage by resigning and so has our team by not standing by its captain when most required. I hope Shahid Afridi’s meeting is a false rumour and not one that will create chisms in the team at the worst of times.

It is hard to understand Younis Khan. One feels sorry for him at times. He always gets himself entangled in these emotional exercises and makes a mockery of his reputation as a generally steady individual. He’s a wonderful asset to the team. However, it is high time now that he understands that Pakistan cricket is a can of worms where the political jokers and the military strongmen call the shots. We heard him giving out sensationally emotional statements during the recently concluded Champions Trophy pertaining to his injury and his passion to play for the country. Enough of that already! Face the reality, Mr. Khan, and move on. The game will stay politicized forever. Therefore, you are either in it or stay out of it. Don’t get emotional, get real brother!

It is Dasti who should resign not Younas. Dasti should be called in the court to explain why he put allegation against Pakistan Captain and team.

The breaking news just made me realize why I lost interest in cricket after Imran Khan – because of these low life plolitics.

I do not understand how these people are given such important positions and by whom. Instead of the cricketers such people should be taken to task. Let us take the example of South Africa. They did not even qualified for the Semi Final in their own country but the the first statement we heard from there was that jobs of Coach and Captain are secure. Why can’t we show the world that we are also sensible and educated. By the way what are the credentials of Mr Dasti?

Well, I think the Australian Umpires (who umpired our game) should be questioned. Why is it that we always find fault in ourselves, why can’t anyone see that the umpires were incompetent!

Its pathetic to see pakistani politicians blaming their own countrymen for fixing matches. Come on, we were all watching the match and at no point did we feel if the match was fixed. I am a huge admirer of Younis Khan mainly because he is not into dirty politics like his Ex captains were in the past. He is an amazing character who has given his all on the field and backs his players to bring out their best and if this is the way he has to leave then i would really be ashamed to call myself a paskistani supporter.
I Sincerely wish all the current & former Pakistan players come out in support of Younis Khan just because he doesnt deserve to be treated this way even after being a loyal servant to pakistan cricket for nearly a decade.

What Younis did is absolutely right. How can Dasti question the teams intentions unless he has evidence to back his statement? Sombody should also force him to resign not from only the committee but from the parliament for bringing Pakistan cricket into disrepute.

In my opinion, if Dasti has any shred of self respect – which may be asking too much from a parliamentarian – he should at least have the decency to apologize for the allegation and resign from his chairmanship. I respect Younis for what he has done – he does not deserve this.

Disappointing although knowing Younis Khan his resignation is not surprising. To his credit,he is one of those rare Pakistani cricketers who can claim that he was holding the side together as a unit under his leadership. That in itself is a big acheivment as a leader of the national team. Wins or losses are bound to happen so are (crucial) mistakes. The country’s politicians are using cricket to propogate their ‘kursi’ centred agendas. If they donot have proof of match fixing they should stay away from throwing up such allegations.

Younis Khan, stay, face the critics and do what you are doing now with even more trust that Allah will help you to prove that you are a very good captain.
It is very very sad and we do not want see the team go down again. This is sad, not just sad very very sad.
PLease all cricketers advise Younis Khan and keep him.

wasalaam

It is sad. Younis Khan is emotional and this is I think third or fourth time he has resigned as captain.

On the other hand, the NA Sports Committee under Dasti should have left the captain in peace.

If Younis’ resignation is accepted it will be very sad indeed. I too ask for the “evidence” of match-fixing be made to the public. We are the fans and we have a right to see both sides of the story. If Mr. Dasti is wrong, then I hope that justice will be served and Pakistan cricket can continue to improve as it has done in the last few months under Younis’ captaincy. Reaching the semis of tournament like the Champions Trophy is a big achievement and credit should be given to the cricketers.
May justice prevail!!

just to say our country side cricket loosing very good captin.
Mehmood

What a shame!! Politicians now trying to destroy the only ray of hope in the lives of Pakistanis. Instead of encouraging our players, we humiliate and demoralise them. This is how nations treat their heroes?

It is sad state of affairs. Bishen Bedi in a recent interview very rightly said that Pakistani’s are like Shaikh Chilly’s becuase the will cut the branch they are sitting on.

Get rid of these politicians who have different agendas. Younis Khan is an honourable man and will not underake such an act of thorwing the match.

Younis should not have resigned despite the drama orchestrated by Dasti. He should have responded to the allegations thoroughly and channel his anger properly. Resigning has done no good to him and to the team.

But then, no one knows what happened during the Senate committee’s meeting.

Still, we love you Younis!

It is very sad that Younis Khan wants to resign, he has been so good and the team was improving and getting together and this is because of the good captaincy. All the pakistani people former and present cricketers should join together and protest this disgusting statement from Dasti.

I am not from pakistan, but I support them because they are muslims and good.

Younis Khan please don’t leave!

Goodness what a waste ! I agree with younis there is no point in wasting time and effort on Pakistan cricket where a fellow becomes a person of authority and asks questions about your commitment.
Younis should take this fellow to court to prove his claims .

What’s new or unique about it? This is not the first time … The heros of Pakistan, may it be in sports or science, have always been maltreated. If the nation cannot recognize a gem like Dr. Abdul Salam … first Nobel Laureate of Pakistan (the only one from Pakistan) and Muslim world (in science) … cricket is no big deal. Our people need to change their mindset. Being jealous or opportunistic as Mr. Dasti seems to be in this case won’t help.

After long time, I think every Pakistani can feel that a new, strong and young team is in making. These allegations will not do any good to the cricket team but it will surely effect Younis Khan’s captaincy and players confidence.

Younis Khan has done the right thing. He has self repect and parliamentarians should have better things to do than call for explanations from a team who performed so well in the past.

His resignation should not be accepted,and he should be requested to continue as Captain.

Shame on Dasti. In my opinion, he has been blaming the cricketers just to be in the news! What proof does he have for the ridiculous allegations against our team who managed to reach semi-finals? Dasti must be made accountable for his strange utterings without substance. NA Committees, especially their chairpersons, must learn to behave responsibly. As for Younis, PCB must not accept his resignation & let the build-up of our team continue under Younis guidance.

Though I believe that allegations of match fixing are fake and unfounded, but Younis Khan has made the right choice by resigning. In this day and age of competition, the captain has to lead from the front and be a achieving member of the team like Ricky Ponting, Smith and Vettori. I am surprised to hear that he retired because his performance was being affected. Younis Khan is an excellent and positive player, but I think its Time for him to retire honorably without negative statements. Perfect scenerio would have been to go out positivly without negative and embarrasing statements. Long Live Pakistan Team..They are the or can be the best in the game..

Younis khan should grow up… its high time he realises that if he wants the pakistani captaincy he will have to face the music. you cant resign every time some one annoys you. you have to stand up and take the heat!

start performing with the bat so you can throw back the accusations at everyone.

This is Pakistan. Sadly, we would be lying to ourselves if we said we didnt expect people to throw match fixing accusations at the team after our loss.

Try and fill the shoes of the cricketers Pakistan has loved. Wasim Akram would’ve stopped playing cricket a very long time ago if he let allegations hurt him.

You’re captaining one of the greatest sides ever to play the game! Dont forget that younis.

Pakistan Zindabad!

In my opinion, Dasti hurts Pakistan Cricket. We had just started to enjoy better cricket from our players.

While Parliamentary Committee is important to keep a check on cricketing afairs, Dasti seems to have lost it alltogether. He seems to be on some witch hunt.

Wamiq Ansari

I think pakistan cricket team still needs the captain like younis khan who is mentally strong on the field.However he lacks to handle the situations faced by him off the field.If he is not involved in the match fixing allegations then he should courageously face media and should back himself and his team.Moreover chairman of the cricket board should ask him to ponder his decision again as it would be in the interest of millions of fans and this nation.

Since he has nothing to hide, he should not have resigned; unforutnately, doing so may give more impetus to the allegations.

I am disgusted, i am angry, i can not believe it. Does Dasti have a shred of evidence? we want younis khan back and we want him back right now to lead pakistan. thats it.

Younis is a great captain…..our people are so impatient and emotional….one loss and they start looking for a scapegoat. I think if there is any player worthy of leading the team in the next world cup its Younis. Change the captain now and Pakistan can kiss away its chances of winning the world cup.

Forget the NZ, AUS series. I think the board should be planning for the next world cup. What if Afridi doesnt perform as a captain in the AUS, NZ series? What will we do then when we will have no time left before the World Cup?

Besides, Younis is a good leader. Sacking him would be a big mistake, especially at this juncture…

Does anybody know if Mr. Dasti has provided any proofs. It’s a norm that whenever pakistan loses people back home put match fixing blaims. Cricket is un-predictable and any team can win on a particular days. On top of it, we are not World No. 1 that our loss should be that surprising. Its just a game Mr. Dasti!

Moreover, Younis has impressed a lot with his captaincy. He should get matured to take the criticism as well. If i’m not wrong this is only the latest in several resignitions as a captain. He should stay calm and answer people with his captaincy and better performance. This is lame younis! Pakistan needs you and but you should perfrom better too.

I do not agree with Mr. Dasti. But I request our beloved Captain Mr. Younis Khan to leave One day cricket for someone else.

He is an asset for the national team and has got a lot of talent. He must continue but with all the due sincerity and honesty, one that his country and team require of him.

Tough call, even though match allegations are seriously stupid, Younis did make some mistakes as well. First, Mohammad Asif bowled brilliantly against the champions Australia and still ended up not playing in the semis, I really thought Mohammad Asif – Mohammad Aamer combo would have been the most devastating bowling combo since Asif – Akhtar combo. Secondly, Younis should have to realize whatever Umar Gul did in the T20 is the past, Gul have not transformed himself from T20 mode to Test or ODI mode and is being taken apart by every single team. Thirdly, Umar Akmal should be coming earlier than Yousuf or Malik and Malik or Yousuf should be axed and bring back Fawad Alam who is capable to play well for his country. And Finally and the utmost, even though it was brave of Younis to come and play while being injured even against India, if he was not fit he should have just stayed out, Younis’s own batting figures were pathetic to say the least and dropped catch of Grant Elliot at a crucial time of the match summed up everything that he was just not match fit and yet he insisted on playing.

These few but most important issues has definitely not done any better for Younis and even though he is a better captain than Malik, I really believe we can find someone better than him as well.

Its Shame, No Words… People like Dasti can do anything just to achieve temporary fame.. If there is evidence then bring it to public and justify that younus or anyone in the team has committed the grave crime… If its Dasti then he be punished and if its any member of the team then they should be punished…. But its the matter of pride and the truth should be known to the public and cannot be hidden under the carpet any more.. The Media has to play a positive and mature role like in any other independent country…

very very sad day for pakistan cricket,i thought the team showed signs of improvement and even after winning t20,pak team went into champions trophy as underdogs but still reach semi finals.

wish pak team all the best

What Younis did is right! It is one who let others know how horrendous it is for our players to continue with the PCB. The culprit should be taken to task. Players cannot always bring laurels. Defeat is a part of the game. However, Younis should take into account the fact that the team needs him and that he should now reconsider his decision to quit. I am sure that being a true patriot he will certainly think it over twice.

Now lets ask dasti to prove the allegations and if he cant he should be told to resign.

There’s no smoke without fire, else why should someone resign in the face of allegations? Its only if the allegations are true that they would rankle a conscientious sportsperson like Younis and that is what prompted this step, I guess.

Mud slinging must be stopped on Pak cricketers, but every one got the right to ask questions on the team’s performance !

1. The field placing on the last ball of the match against Australia, wicket keeper should have come close to the stumps to stop the single
2.Why the captain was afraid to bat at one down, which was his original position.
3.Why he played with injury?
4. Why he dropped a dolly catch?
5. Why Fawad Alam was not given a chance to open for a failed Imran Nazeer?

Very sad news he has been one of the best captains. I really hope he takes it back, Pakistan team needs him. There is no one else to be the captain. In my opinion Dasti should be taken to task. let him come on TV and present his evidence. Younis doesn’t need to be dishertened because of these senseless comments.

Pathetic, to say the least.

What a mockery of events by these people. I don’t even understand how they have been elected to office!

Cheers,
Kaleem

In my opinion, the proven corrupt politicians should resign instead of leveling baseless allegations against innocent people. And Mr. Butt should start thinking hard and make decisions by consulting all stakeholders.

To make allegations is nothing new in Pakistan and Younis khan is very much aware of it. It is sad that he could not bear the pressure and resigned. This is very simple way to seek protection from the problem. He should have stood fast and fought for the sake of cricket and his country. His resignation simply shows that he at the end of the day is not that mentally and psychologically strong as any cricket captain has to be in country like Pakistan. Question here is who will replace him under the current scenario, unfortunately Pakistan does not have Imran Khan in the squad.

what a shame that Younis had to resign! He is gem of a cricketer, player and human being! I am an Indian but appreciate his contribution to the game. This is a great loss for Pakistan cricket and cricket world at large.

its very sad for all of us that Younis resigned from Captaincy.He was one of the best captains, he lead the team to T20 world Champions and reach the Semi of Champions Trophy.Why Dasti made such remarks and why Shahid Afridi went to Chariman Butt for Captaincy. Shame on Afridy he was aspiring for capataincy since T20 World Cup.He act as traitor and will not successed. Board should not change captains so frequently, ask afridi to play as a player and vice Capatain.we can not become a successful Team unless we stick to certain rules. team was in disarray one year ago and now it is picking up and maturing for world cup 2011 then such events are unfolding. Board should take care of rules and regulation. Dasti should refrain from maligning Cricketers, he is not doing good for cricket and country.
We request Chairman PCB not to Accept Younis resignation.

Mr.Jamshed Dasti should be ashamed of himself. How can you accuse innocent cricketers just to be in the news?
It is high time people like Dasti were taken to task.Why does n,t he apologise like a real man.Shame on you Dasti.

I hope Younis khan realizes that he is making a big mistake. younis khan is a great captain and without him, Pakistan team will suffer.

Intelligent ploy; well thought out, taken the heat, steam and sting (if any) in the Parliamentary Committee hearing. Resignation submitted to the Chairman PCB who has not accepted it. Committee meeting held and after it business as usual. In fact the resignation should have come from the Chairman PCB. Then?

SHAME ON YOU DASTI

Very dissappointing, not the resignation, but the allegation that prompted the resignation.

This event demands the fans of Pakistani cricket and the pakistani media to play a big role.

Who ever is guilty – Dasti obviously in this case should be punished.

I congradualate Dawn.com for playing a vital role

Its a sad development considering how well the team was playing under Younis Khan’s captaincy. And for the sake of cricket in Pakistan, he should be asked to reconsider his decision.
And for Mr. Dasti, he should be made accountable for all these accusations he has leveled against the National Team. If he has proof (which i am pretty sure he hasn’t any)he should make it public. Otherwise he should face charges of defaming the national team as well as the whole Nation.
The decision makers in the unreachable spheres of Pakistan should take notice of this, otherwise i am sure Supreme Court will have to interfere once again to straighten the records.

The way things are going, i can only pray that May Allah have mercy on our Nation and give us the courage to elect honest and sincere people. Amen

well if its for illegations on team then the standing commitee should apologize to cricters for saying so.
If its for keeping him out of tour discussion then they should settel the issue.
Lastly younas has to decide how many times he will throw this honour.

This is unbelievable. Why do we ignore that this is a game and we play against the professionals who also work hard. Its not like we will win every time. I request parliament to encourage our team. This same team won T20 cup for the country. I feel sorry for younis as he is always under such allegation but i encourage him to fight against this and continue as a captain.

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Very ashamed all pakistani are younis khan for you!
Its all our parlimentarians fake allegations and our boards unclear policies and due to shahid Afridi’s attitude after the series. Sorry Younis!

it’s a sad event so to say, Younis was instrumental in leading Pakistan to victory in the finals of T20 World cup in June 2009 and leading the team to the semis in the Champions trophy is no small achievement.

Allegation of match fixing have always surrounded the Pakistan cricket team since long and i firmly believe that Younis does show self-respect when he says that the allegation of match fixing are hard for him to digest.

Let’s hope Mr Butt talks some sense into Mr Dasti’s mind and forces Younis to take back his resignation for the sake of the game millions of people in this country love and follow