Sub continental captaincy no 'bed of roses': Younis Khan

[TaNk]

Lahore, Sep.12 (ANI) : Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan feels that leading the national squad is not an easy task especially in a cricket crazy region. In an interview with an Urdu daily, Khan said captaincy was not a 'bed of roses' as the skipper of a national cricket team tends to make more enemies than friends in the sub-continent. "I can tell you by experience that captaincy is not a bed of roses. It's a very thorny path," The Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying. Khan was critical of way the things worked in Pakistan cricket. He said as soon as new a new captain is appointed a 'lobby' starts functioning inside the team management. "When I was the vice-captain under Inzamamul Haq, people used to come to me and tell me to just take over the captaincy because Inzamam was finished. I think that's the way it is in our cricket," Khan said. Referring to Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag's unwillingness to take up the captaincy, Khan said it was probably due to the interference from the administration that players are reluctant to take up the challenge. "I don't know why he Virender Sehwag is not willing to see himself in the role of Indian captain, but I think that it is factors like all these intrigues and stuff in our part of the world that cricketers like him are not interested in captaincy," he said. (ANI) Source :- http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/cricket.ani.com/sub-continental-captaincy-no-bed-roses-younis-khan-20090912/

[Celeste]

Pathan bohat bolta hai.

[DomainK]

Speak for yourself Yunis.

[Params7]

Captaincy affected Dhoni's batting a bit, but ofcourse pressure is the ugly side of being the Captain.

[Guest Hiten.]

Why do the pakistani's generalize things when they speak ? Speak for yourself and let the Indians/Sri Lankans/BD do their own talking ffs

[Dinx - the Jinx]

He is corrent to an extent.. Compare the pressure that sub-continent caprains have to endure to that of an Aussie / English or NZ captain (nobody cares about whether they win or lose in Windies) Inspite of losing 2 Ashes series in England, Ponting finds himself at the helm still. Nobody is behind Strauss' head inpsite of facing the prospect of an historical 7-0 white wash in ODIs. Noone questioned Kp when he lost the ODI series in India 5-0 and the test series. Vettori has virtually no pressure to win. the kiwis are treating overseas tours as vacation to taste beers of different countries.. Yesterday, there was a crap news channel showing Dhoni shopping in lanka and was questioning his commitment... Thats the sorry state of captains in the sub continent

[Zelig]

:hello:Younis. Long time no see?

[Sachinism]

He is corrent to an extent.. Compare the pressure that sub-continent caprains have to endure to that of an Aussie / English or NZ captain (nobody cares about whether they win or lose in Windies) Inspite of losing 2 Ashes series in England, Ponting finds himself at the helm still. Nobody is behind Strauss' head inpsite of facing the prospect of an historical 7-0 white wash in ODIs. Noone questioned Kp when he lost the ODI series in India 5-0 and the test series. Vettori has virtually no pressure to win. the kiwis are treating overseas tours as vacation to taste beers of different countries.. Yesterday, there was a crap news channel showing Dhoni shopping in lanka and was questioning his commitment... Thats the sorry state of captains in the sub continent

I agree, he is right. The amount of slack sub-continent players get compared to the others is ridiculous

[Aadhavzone]

"I don't know why he Virender Sehwag is not willing to see himself in the role of Indian captain, but I think that it is factors like all these intrigues and stuff in our part of the world that cricketers like him are not interested in captaincy," he said. (ANI)

youniskhan:whack: :whack: who asked you to worry about India? We have the Best Captain in Cricket History! first I want that editor who asked this question! Dont confuse Shewag's batting ability with captaincy :mad: