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Younis Khan speaking, after the World Championship of Legend game against India, during a post-match presser:
“Our current team is very fit but when you’re not winning these kinds of discussions arise. Now that we are winning, it’s going in our favor. I believe that senior players should play in such a way because they appear a lot in the media and critically analyze the batters and bowlers. Our performances are very good even though we do not spend a lot of time in the ground, but the experience that our players have and the technical things they talk about on media, I benefit a lot from it.”
"From the first day, I said that our bad luck was that we couldn’t perform in the World Cup the way we wanted to. This was an opportunity for us to play cricket even though we are not playing the same type of cricket as our current team is playing. The media is quite widespread but as we are ex-players, we are still visible somewhere, so people haven’t forgotten us yet. This is an opportunity for us to give happiness to our nation and our fans who are a bit upset. We are not doing much, but we are doing as much as we can in our capacity. If we win this trophy, it will be better for cricket as well.”
“When we used to play cricket, we used to play with India regularly, so we had less pressure on us. But now we see that India and Pakistan only play in World Cup events or ICC events. So, our young team feels a bit of pressure. In my opinion, there should be more series to reduce the pressure and improve their skills and show us all.”
"The national team is a national team. What do we want from Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Fakhar Zaman? Each player has come here after a lot of hard work. We shouldn’t talk about replacing them here, we should respect them. We all sit on the media and talk about what is needed should be done.”
When asked about giving some advice to fans and PCB to get back on track
“My advice for the nation is to be patient. The reason for this is also that nothing can change overnight. We cannot talk about removing our players and bringing in players from somewhere else. As a senior player I cannot say that removed everybody and making a young team, it is not possible. The situation was the same even after the 2003 World Cup.”
“It is not necessary to talk about whether the captain is senior or junior. You make him a captain who is capable, who can take pressure. It’s not just the job of batting and bowling. To become a leader, you have to think for every player. You should know what his technique is, what his energy is, and what his skills are. Only then can you get the best out of them, like we talk about Imran Khan or Javed Miandad, why were they good? In my opinion, a leader should be a good player, but he should also be a good motivator."
“Our current team is very fit but when you’re not winning these kinds of discussions arise. Now that we are winning, it’s going in our favor. I believe that senior players should play in such a way because they appear a lot in the media and critically analyze the batters and bowlers. Our performances are very good even though we do not spend a lot of time in the ground, but the experience that our players have and the technical things they talk about on media, I benefit a lot from it.”
"From the first day, I said that our bad luck was that we couldn’t perform in the World Cup the way we wanted to. This was an opportunity for us to play cricket even though we are not playing the same type of cricket as our current team is playing. The media is quite widespread but as we are ex-players, we are still visible somewhere, so people haven’t forgotten us yet. This is an opportunity for us to give happiness to our nation and our fans who are a bit upset. We are not doing much, but we are doing as much as we can in our capacity. If we win this trophy, it will be better for cricket as well.”
“When we used to play cricket, we used to play with India regularly, so we had less pressure on us. But now we see that India and Pakistan only play in World Cup events or ICC events. So, our young team feels a bit of pressure. In my opinion, there should be more series to reduce the pressure and improve their skills and show us all.”
"The national team is a national team. What do we want from Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Fakhar Zaman? Each player has come here after a lot of hard work. We shouldn’t talk about replacing them here, we should respect them. We all sit on the media and talk about what is needed should be done.”
When asked about giving some advice to fans and PCB to get back on track
“My advice for the nation is to be patient. The reason for this is also that nothing can change overnight. We cannot talk about removing our players and bringing in players from somewhere else. As a senior player I cannot say that removed everybody and making a young team, it is not possible. The situation was the same even after the 2003 World Cup.”
“It is not necessary to talk about whether the captain is senior or junior. You make him a captain who is capable, who can take pressure. It’s not just the job of batting and bowling. To become a leader, you have to think for every player. You should know what his technique is, what his energy is, and what his skills are. Only then can you get the best out of them, like we talk about Imran Khan or Javed Miandad, why were they good? In my opinion, a leader should be a good player, but he should also be a good motivator."
