Younis Khan has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for dropping him for the one-day series against Australia in UAE and challenged the board for rebuilding the team without him.
The former Pakistan skipper also insisted that he is now out of contention for the 2015 World Cup but will not retire. Younis asked if the PCB failed to rebuild the team without his, will they again recall him to play Tests and ODIs.
“Don’t select me, not even in Tests. I sacrifice my future,” Younis said. “I am saying a simple thing, if they are saying that youngsters are future of ODIs, then where is the future of Pakistan in Test cricket?”
“Don’t select me in Test matches and make [the youngsters] the future of Pakistan in Test cricket too,” he added. “But what will happen if they can’t make a team for ODIs and Test matches after five months, will they again do recalling?”
The stylish right-hander said that the Pakistan board has hurt him by sidelining and saying that he has no future with the national squad.
“I won’t die and I won’t be 70-year-old in four-five months, if they don’t let me play with dignity then so be it,” Younis said. “They have hurt me, they have hurt me when they said that players like me have no future. Then who has a future? So a player like me should shoot himself?
“When they are 35, 36, players like me wake up at seven ‘o’ clock, show commitment, I can do only this. Instead shoot ourselves, don’t play cricket at all, don’t play domestic cricket at all? I will wait for 4-5 months.”
“They are saying that I don’t have a future, I will wait, I am not retiring, I will wait, may this team go ahead, if they make the team [strong] I won’t come back,” he concluded.
