Monday 24 July 2017

Pakistani legend Younis Khan

Younis Khan is Pakistan's highest scorer in test cricket. Younis Khan has over 10,000 runs in test more than any Pakistani and very much above Javed Miandad and Inzamam ul Haq who have scored over 8000 runs. On the otherhand , in comparison Younis Khan is a more defensive batsmen than either Miandad and Inzamam. Younis Khan was a more workmanlike accumulator of runs and thus more watchful batsman than either Miandad or Inzamam that's why he wasnt a successful batsman in the ODI format of the game. In ODI cricket you need a more sense of urgency which was lacking in Younis Khan's style of batting. His strike rate in ODI cricket was also too low to consider him as a good ODI batsman.Therefore I see no reason why he fought with the PCB in the past to include him in the ODI team particularly in the World Cup 2015 squad where he performed poorly. Neverthless there is no denying fact that he was a very talented and excellent test batsmen. He also led Pakistan to it's only Twenty20 title in 2009 when he was captain of the Pakistani cricket team in the ICC World Twenty20 of 2009.