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The Afghanistan Cricket Board has appointed former Pakistan batter Younis Khan as the mentor for the Afghanistan national team for the Champions Trophy 2025, starting on February 19 in Pakistan. Younis Khan will accompany the team during their conditioning and preparation camp in Pakistan, offering his mentorship services until the conclusion of the tournament.

This isn't his first time with the national team; he previously served as a batting coach during a 15-day camp in April 2022 in the UAE.

With a prolific career, Younis Khan has played 265 ODIs, scoring over 7,000 runs, and participated in 118 Test matches, amassing more than 10,000 runs for his country.

The Afghanistan team has previously benefited from the expertise of players from host nations in major tournaments, achieving commendable results in the last ODI and T20 World Cups. They hope this assignment will lead the national team to exceptional outcomes in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

In this regard, the CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Mr. Naseeb Khan, stated that the ACB is pleased to sign a contract with Younis Khan as the interim mentor of the national team for the Champions Trophy 2025. He already has experience working effectively with the Afghanistan national team as a batting coach.
He added: “Since the Champions Trophy is being held in Pakistan, it was essential to assign a talented and experienced player as a mentor from the host country. We already had successful experiences with mentors from host countries in the ODI World Cup 2023 and the T20I World Cup 2024. Considering the conditions, we have appointed Younis Khan as the mentor for our national team for the upcoming mega event and wish him the best of luck in this crucial assignment.”

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ACB assigns Younas Khan as Mentor for CT25

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has appointed former Pakistan batter Younas Khan as the mentor for the Afghanistan National team for the Champions Trophy 2025, starting on February 19 in Pakistan. Younas Khan will accompany the team during their conditioning and preparation camp in Pakistan...
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FearlessRoar said:
The Afghanistan Cricket Board has appointed former Pakistan batter Younis Khan as the mentor for the Afghanistan national team for the Champions Trophy 2025, starting on February 19 in Pakistan. Younis Khan will accompany the team during their conditioning and preparation camp in Pakistan, offering his mentorship services until the conclusion of the tournament.

This isn't his first time with the national team; he previously served as a batting coach during a 15-day camp in April 2022 in the UAE.

With a prolific career, Younis Khan has played 265 ODIs, scoring over 7,000 runs, and participated in 118 Test matches, amassing more than 10,000 runs for his country.

The Afghanistan team has previously benefited from the expertise of players from host nations in major tournaments, achieving commendable results in the last ODI and T20 World Cups. They hope this assignment will lead the national team to exceptional outcomes in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

In this regard, the CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Mr. Naseeb Khan, stated that the ACB is pleased to sign a contract with Younis Khan as the interim mentor of the national team for the Champions Trophy 2025. He already has experience working effectively with the Afghanistan national team as a batting coach.
He added: “Since the Champions Trophy is being held in Pakistan, it was essential to assign a talented and experienced player as a mentor from the host country. We already had successful experiences with mentors from host countries in the ODI World Cup 2023 and the T20I World Cup 2024. Considering the conditions, we have appointed Younis Khan as the mentor for our national team for the upcoming mega event and wish him the best of luck in this crucial assignment.”

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ACB assigns Younas Khan as Mentor for CT25

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has appointed former Pakistan batter Younas Khan as the mentor for the Afghanistan National team for the Champions Trophy 2025, starting on February 19 in Pakistan. Younas Khan will accompany the team during their conditioning and preparation camp in Pakistan...
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With YK, I wouldn't be surprised if afg pulls some upsets, makes it into semi's.

Tall task since their group is sa, aus and eng though.
 
Inzamam experiment worked wonders for them. Younis is no less than him so this is a good decision from Afghans to get a Pakistani onboard for an event in Pakistan.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
In every ICC tournament Afghanistan like to appoint a consultant from the country in which that tournament is taking place.

2023 WC: Ajay Jadeja
2024 T20 WC: DJ Bravo
2025 CT: Younis Khan
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True. It's smart thinking on their part. Their coach hirings are actually strategic and the coaches know exactly what they're being hired for. Very unlike the chaos in Pakistan
 
Taliban are better are
Nikhil_cric said:
Jadeja and Bravo were excellent consultants especially considering the country and format they were hired for.
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hafizexpress said:
True. It's smart thinking on their part. Their coach hirings are actually strategic and the coaches know exactly what they're being hired for. Very unlike the chaos in Pakistan
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The Taliban are better at making smart cricketing decisions than PCB
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Taliban are better are


The Taliban are better at making smart cricketing decisions than PCB
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I think their cricket is more or less run by the same people who were running it prior to the Taliban takeover. They haven't touched the cricket at risk of action from the ICC. Even the flag and team colors are the same.
 
hafizexpress said:
True. It's smart thinking on their part. Their coach hirings are actually strategic and the coaches know exactly what they're being hired for. Very unlike the chaos in Pakistan
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Nikhil_cric said:
Jadeja and Bravo were excellent consultants especially considering the country and format they were hired for.
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Yes, having native players in these kinds of roles is good for them for the short-term. There is alot about that country's conditions that you probably need to be aware of going into an ICC tournament.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
In every ICC tournament Afghanistan like to appoint a consultant from the country in which that tournament is taking place.

2023 WC: Ajay Jadeja
2024 T20 WC: DJ Bravo
2025 CT: Younis Khan
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Paid off so far. Sounds like a smart strategy. These cricketers are humble and actually listen to mentors and coaches. I doubt many in Bharatiya team even listen to coaches anymore.
 
I think it’s a great appointment. Younis Khan is a great motivator and a very fine person to accompany young emerging cricketers that Afghanistan has. Fact that he speaks Pashto makes it even more helpful in communicating. Afghanistan are once again a dark horse in this tournament followed by Bharat. Two teams that are not contenders but can surprise anyone.
 
Ever since Taliban took over. Afghanistan Board has been making good decisions for their men's team and their team is climbing up the ladder ever since.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Jadeja and Bravo were excellent consultants especially considering the country and format they were hired for.
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Bravo is a phenomenal talent who has a brilliant mind for the game, a shame he wasted his potential with the advent of T20 franchise cricket.

Top bloke though, I met him at my local barbers once, was pretty shocking when he came in.
 
shaz619 said:
Bravo is a phenomenal talent who has a brilliant mind for the game, a shame he wasted his potential with the advent of T20 franchise cricket.

Top bloke though, I met him at my local barbers once, was pretty shocking when he came in.
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Tbh his brilliant mind for the game is probably what made him go full T20 mode.

I remember a series in England and Boycott rated him very highly but the choice between playing for a disfunctional WICB and travelling the world playing T20 was probably an easy one for him to make.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Tbh his brilliant mind for the game is probably what made him go full T20 mode.

I remember a series in England and Boycott rated him very highly but the choice between playing for a disfunctional WICB and travelling the world playing T20 was probably an easy one for him to make.
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Sad but true lol

Do you recall that same clown board retiring Chanderpaul prematurely just so he don’t go past Lara, that was amusing even by PCB standards 🤣
 
shaz619 said:
Sad but true lol

Do you recall that same clown board retiring Chanderpaul prematurely just so he don’t go past Lara, that was amusing even by PCB standards 🤣
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If there is any board that tops the PCB in-terms of clownery, its them. Sri Lanka Cricket in the past has also been on-par but they seem to have cleaned up their act for now.
 
shaz619 said:
Bravo is a phenomenal talent who has a brilliant mind for the game, a shame he wasted his potential with the advent of T20 franchise cricket.

Top bloke though, I met him at my local barbers once, was pretty shocking when he came in.
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I think they had a rule which prevented guys like Bravo from playing World Cups because they didn't play domestic 50 overs or something along those lines

It's no surprise that he is a great thinker of the game .

That Caribbean generation of Gayle, Pollard , Bravo, Sammy, Brathwaite, Badree are some of the smartest cricketing minds.

Unfortunately, there was a general contempt for T20 cricket and especially these guys were seen as brainless sloggers etc.

Couldn't be further from the truth .

You listen to any of them talk or see what's written about their practice regimes etc. and you'll see how tactically astute they all are.

It's not wonder why even ECB hired Pollard for the World T20
 
shaz619 said:
Sad but true lol

Do you recall that same clown board retiring Chanderpaul prematurely just so he don’t go past Lara, that was amusing even by PCB standards 🤣
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wait what? did they really do that with chanderpaul?
 
Major said:
wait what? did they really do that with chanderpaul?
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Yes, he deserved a proper send off but they just retired him when he didn’t need much to go passed Lara who himself was upset with Chanderpaul’s treatment at the time and expressed it in the media
 
shaz619 said:
Yes, he deserved a proper send off but they just retired him when he didn’t need much to go passed Lara who himself was upset with Chanderpaul’s treatment at the time and expressed it in the media
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Lara waited until the deal was sealed and his record was definitely not safe before popping up to express how sad he was :ROFLMAO:
 
Major said:
true but the problem is he is always carrying a knife. He is a trouble maker
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Misbah was the one carrying a knife because he had a weird obsession for cutting cake merely to honour useless hundreds and 5fers. A good case in point is Shafiq's ton in a lost cause.
 
On a serious note, you don't become Pakistan's leading run scorer with the most hundreds if you are a "trouble maker". You need real discipline to play 118 tests and lead your side to what remains as their only triumph in a WT20 tournament.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
I think they had a rule which prevented guys like Bravo from playing World Cups because they didn't play domestic 50 overs or something along those lines
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It was our former coach Richard Pybus who was their director of cricket at the time who introduced that ruling. That idiotic mandate meant WI spent years without a single bilateral ODI series win.

However Bravo and Pollard were also on the outs with WICB because they were seen as the instigators of the abandoned tour of India in 2014.
shaz619 said:
Bravo is a phenomenal talent who has a brilliant mind for the game, a shame he wasted his potential with the advent of T20 franchise cricket.

Top bloke though, I met him at my local barbers once, was pretty shocking when he came in.
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His entrance or his haircut ? :LOL:
RidiculousMan said:
Ever since Taliban took over. Afghanistan Board has been making good decisions for their men's team and their team is climbing up the ladder ever since.
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Perform or die is a pretty effective strategy to improve productivity at work.

In all seriousness, it's a logical move from ACB. And what do we do ? By the time Pakistan acclimatise to conditions in overseas tournaments, we're already eliminated. It's by no means a guarantee of success but hiring a local consultant with intimate knowledge of each ground, who knows the best shots to play or speeds/lines/lengths to bowl on the surfaces, can't do any harm in giving yourselves the best chance of winning.

This time we've no excuses about adapting to foreign conditions.
 
YK will be a huge asset to Afghanistan Cricket.

Afghanistan Cricket had been on an uprise for a while, with them being able to upset teams like aus, eng etc.

Adding YK to the mix might help them overcome India choke mentality as well since India is the only team Afghanistan can't properly function against.
 
topspin said:
Misbah was the one carrying a knife because he had a weird obsession for cutting cake merely to honour useless hundreds and 5fers. A good case in point is Shafiq's ton in a lost cause.
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just so you know, there was a Pakistani coach that said that Younis Khan literally bought a knife on him. The guy is problematic in the dressing room and boards need to be abit careful when hiring him. He has a history of throwing tantrums. Hasan Ali, the oath gate ( because Younis had anger issues), and so many other instances
 
Rana said:
The article title says “once held a knife”

If I once went to Paris, does that mean I’m always in Paris?
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This means he is problematic. I think you guys as uaul, missed the the figure of speech of the knife that i used. Thing is, he is problematic and most sane boards would avoid a person like Younis that has been involved in many issues inside dressing rooms.
 
Rana said:
The article title says “once held a knife”

If I once went to Paris, does that mean I’m always in Paris?
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He assumed that I've never come across this story. The moron doesn't realise I've been watching Younis Khan ever since he made his international debut in Feb 2000.

No matter how hard these YK haters/Misbah lovers try to put him down, their heartburn will always be there because they can't deal with the fact that Misbah wasn't even half as good as YK and unlike him he couldn't win any white ball trophies during his captaincy stint.
 
Major said:
This means he is problematic. I think you guys as uaul, missed the the figure of speech of the knife that i used. Thing is, he is problematic and most sane boards would avoid a person like Younis that has been involved in many issues inside dressing rooms.
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No we didn’t miss the figure of speech knowing your toxic agendas that are here for everyone to see. You should be very careful when trying to poke fun as well, you’ve earned this right of tough scrutiny to your posts due to your constant negative agendas against Pakistan players.
 
Major said:
This means he is problematic. I think you guys as uaul, missed the the figure of speech of the knife that i used. Thing is, he is problematic and most sane boards would avoid a person like Younis that has been involved in many issues inside dressing rooms.
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This just smells of jealousy/nazar/envy. As I said yesterday, may the Almighty (SWT) protect us from such people.
 
topspin said:
He assumed that I've never come across this story. The moron doesn't realise I've been watching Younis Khan ever since he made his international debut in Feb 2000.

No matter how hard these YK haters/Misbah lovers try to put him down, their heartburn will always be there because they can't deal with the fact that Misbah wasn't even half as good as YK and unlike him he couldn't win any white ball trophies during his captaincy stint.
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I remember once Younis became extremely aggravated in an interview when the host kept referring to him tagging Misbah with him as well. He takes serious offence to be compared with Misbah. It’s really embarrassing when newbie cricket fans pair legends like Inzimam with Rizwan for instance. It’s disgraceful
 
Rana said:
No we didn’t miss the figure of speech knowing your toxic agendas that are here for everyone to see. You should be very careful when trying to poke fun as well, you’ve earned this right of tough scrutiny to your posts due to your constant negative agendas against Pakistan players.
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I've never seen anyone so quick to post a thread to pedal his toxic agenda. When Imad had that cig during the PSL final, within seconds he put up a thread. This is what you call desperation. More recently, he did the same after Ali Tareen's comments about Imad's innings.
 
topspin said:
I've never seen anyone so quick to post a thread to pedal his toxic agenda. When Imad had that cig during the PSL final, within seconds he put up a thread. This is what you call desperation. More recently, he did the same after Ali Tareen's comments about Imad's innings.
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It reeks of personal enmity. May God have mercy on his soul.
 
Rana said:
I remember once Younis became extremely aggravated in an interview when the host kept referring to him tagging Misbah with him as well. He takes serious offence to be compared with Misbah. It’s really embarrassing when newbie cricket fans pair legends like Inzimam with Rizwan for instance. It’s disgraceful
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Who can blame him? YK is a borderline ATG test match player. Misbah isn't even a world class test player, let alone anywhere near legendary status.
 
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Major said:
This means he is problematic. I think you guys as uaul, missed the the figure of speech of the knife that i used. Thing is, he is problematic and most sane boards would avoid a person like Younis that has been involved in many issues inside dressing rooms.
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100% a problematic individual. Don't forget he once beat up a fan who came to get his autograph. Dragged him up the stairs and took him to the dressing room.

And who can forget the epic incident with Hasan Ali, when YK was made batting coach - "tera baap bhi ice bath le ga" lol

Nothing to take away from his ATG status and batting achievement but he is an unstable and volatile character. Just hoping he doesn't embarrass us with Afghanistan.
 
Rana said:
I remember once Younis became extremely aggravated in an interview when the host kept referring to him tagging Misbah with him as well. He takes serious offence to be compared with Misbah.
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Simply because he was jealous Misbah was captain.

Although Misbah did his best to support him. Even selected him for the 2015 World Cup when he was past his best.
 
topspin said:
He assumed that I've never come across this story. The moron doesn't realise I've been watching Younis Khan ever since he made his international debut in Feb 2000.

No matter how hard these YK haters/Misbah lovers try to put him down, their heartburn will always be there because they can't deal with the fact that Misbah wasn't even half as good as YK and unlike him he couldn't win any white ball trophies during his captaincy stint.
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I know YK is your favourite player, but what do you make of his mental health? He has anger management issues and is a volatile person. Some examples:

Beat up a fan
Gets in fights in dressing rooms i.e. with Hasan Ali
Threw tantrums in the media when he was dropped
Put a knife to the throat of the team's batting coach Grant Flower
 
daytrader said:
100% a problematic individual. Don't forget he once beat up a fan who came to get his autograph. Dragged him up the stairs and took him to the dressing room.

And who can forget the epic incident with Hasan Ali, when YK was made batting coach - "tera baap bhi ice bath le ga" lol

Nothing to take away from his ATG status and batting achievement but he is an unstable and volatile character. Just hoping he doesn't embarrass us with Afghanistan.
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offcourse it doesnt take away his ATG status, but the guy has issues and shouldnt be employable.

Anyways, some really immature posters cant bother to discussed a simple aspect and they think every post is an attack on their favourites. As always bringing in x and y , thinking that will prove the M to be capable.
 
topspin said:
This just smells of jealousy/nazar/envy. As I said yesterday, may the Almighty (SWT) protect us from such people.
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Discuss a players antics, and suddenly it becomes a nazar and jealousy....
 
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He is a bit crazy yeah and despite his test runs caused trouble even when a player by blackmailing to be selected in UAE team.

It's weird though because I have met him a few times and he is a nice guy but it seems like he needs his ego massaged quite a bit otherwise he can fly off the handle.

I remember a weird interaction on a TV show where he threatened to slap a co-host for speaking in front of a "senior player".

One thing is for sure is that these people often lose their ego outside of Pakistan, their decisions of grandeur are only reserved for Pakistanis and I'm sure he can do a good job for Afghanistan and other jobs if he gets them.

Major said:
offcourse it doesnt take away his ATG status, but the guy has issues and shouldnt be employable.

Anyways, some really immature posters cant bother to discussed a simple aspect and they think every post is an attack on their favourites. As always bringing in x and y , thinking that will prove the M to be capable.
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DeadlyVenom said:
He is a bit crazy yeah and despite his test runs caused trouble even when a player by blackmailing to be selected in UAE team.

It's weird though because I have met him a few times and he is a nice guy but it seems like he needs his ego massaged quite a bit otherwise he can fly off the handle.

I remember a weird interaction on a TV show where he threatened to slap a co-host for speaking in front of a "senior player".

One thing is for sure is that these people often lose their ego outside of Pakistan, their decisions of grandeur are only reserved for Pakistanis and I'm sure he can do a good job for Afghanistan and other jobs if he gets them.
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If Afghanistan is spending money they should had gone for better options.

I could already see Naveen ul haq having a falling out this guy. He is just not stable and employers should be careful ever considering him or Akhtar for a job
 
No matter whatever you say, younis is the top guy to get in your dug out for an event where younis himself was born, raised and played his whole life... Top sighing from Afgans... it will help them for sure.
 
Markhor said:
In all seriousness, it's a logical move from ACB. And what do we do ? By the time Pakistan acclimatise to conditions in overseas tournaments, we're already eliminated. It's by no means a guarantee of success but hiring a local consultant with intimate knowledge of each ground, who knows the best shots to play or speeds/lines/lengths to bowl on the surfaces, can't do any harm in giving yourselves the best chance of winning.

This time we've no excuses about adapting to foreign conditions.
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We appointed Matthew Hayden as a mentor for the 2022 T20 WC in Australia. Wasn't a bad move and we ended up playing in the final.
 
daytrader said:
We appointed Matthew Hayden as a mentor for the 2022 T20 WC in Australia. Wasn't a bad move and we ended up playing in the final.
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Yes, we also ended up with 2 16 avg openers, and godly mercy from sa and Nedtherlands thanks to our zimb and India botch.

No thanks. Keep Hayden to yourself.
 
topspin said:
Who can blame him? YK is a borderline ATG test match player. Misbah isn't even a world class test player, let alone anywhere near legendary status.
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If there were specialist tailenders for Tests, Misbah could have got into the Aussie team, one of the best tailender-esque batters I’ve ever seen
 
shaz619 said:
If there were specialist tailenders for Tests, Misbah could have got into the Aussie team, one of the best tailender-esque batters I’ve ever seen
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More like Australian first class cricket. He averaged 16 in tests played in Australia. It's funny how his cult followers still have the nerve to diss Younis Khan, who had an excellent average of 50 in Australia.
 
daytrader said:
I know YK is your favourite player, but what do you make of his mental health? He has anger management issues and is a volatile person. Some examples:

Beat up a fan
Gets in fights in dressing rooms i.e. with Hasan Ali
Threw tantrums in the media when he was dropped
Put a knife to the throat of the team's batting coach Grant Flower
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As I've mentioned in previous years on PP, he has his flaws but I think he's largely misunderstood individual. I can understand his frustration because he was was surrounded by incompetent individuals and always compared to Misbah, who was substandard in comparison.

Some of these examples you've put here are just hearsay.

From all the Pakistani players who debuted in the 21st century, there's absolutely no doubt that he was the best player and also possessed the best cricketing mind. For these reasons, I can tolerate his ego/flaws because he could back it up with runs and up until now, he's the only captain who's managed to win Pakistan a WT20 competition.

I have to weigh up whether Younis Khan had an overall net positive or a net negative impact on Pakistan. There's absolutely no doubt that despite his flaws, his contributions to Pakistan cricket were overwhelmingly positive.
 
topspin said:
As I've mentioned in previous years on PP, he has his flaws but I think he's largely misunderstood individual. I can understand his frustration because he was was surrounded by incompetent individuals and always compared to Misbah, who was substandard in comparison.

Some of these examples you've put here are just hearsay.

From all the Pakistani players who debuted in the 21st century, there's absolutely no doubt that he was the best player and also possessed the best cricketing mind. For these reasons, I can tolerate his ego/flaws because he could back it up with runs and up until now, he's the only captain who's managed to win Pakistan a WT20 competition.

I have to weigh up whether Younis Khan had an overall net positive or a net negative impact on Pakistan. There's absolutely no doubt that despite his flaws, his contributions to Pakistan cricket were overwhelmingly positive.
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The same cannot be said for Misbah, who undoubtedly has done far more damage to Pakistan cricket than anyone else I've seen play for Pakistan. I'll give one example:

He stabbed Mickey in the back after the 2019 World Cup, whilst he was a committee member, merely to take his job for yourself. This was shortly followed by PCB’s farcical recruitment process, which meant the only competition Misbah had for the Head Coach role was Dean Jones. To top it all off, Misbah was favoured despite his lack of coaching qualifications and zero experience as a coach.
 
topspin said:
More like Australian first class cricket. He averaged 16 in tests played in Australia. It's funny how his cult followers still have the nerve to diss Younis Khan, who had an excellent average of 50 in Australia.
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And they have an issue with why Younis always has a chip on his shoulder, the guy never got enough respect from all quarters, it’s like putting Misbah on the same level as Gary Sobers, no sharam at all and pure ignorance.
 
shaz619 said:
And they have an issue with why Younis always has a chip on his shoulder, the guy never got enough respect from all quarters, it’s like putting Misbah on the same level as Gary Sobers, no sharam at all and pure ignorance.
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And notice on this thread, two notable Misbah fans are salty about his appointment. They've tried to hijack it and make it about him "carrying a knife".
 
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Some of these examples you've put here are just hearsay.
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Which one? All of them are on record.

Beating up a fan - was some domestic match, I believe in 2010. There's videos and news reports. This was before Misbah and the MisYou era

Hasan Ali and the ice bath incident is also on record where YK stepped out of his domain to try and discipline a player. Again nothing to do with Misbah

Throwing tantrums in the media - he clearly blackmailed his way into the 2015 ODI squad and his interviews from then are on record. Misbah was the only one supporting him for a return.

The Knife incident - this came directly from the horse's mouth. Grant Flower is the one who revealed this, Mickey Arthur was also on the table and had to intervene.

None of the above have anything to do with being compared to Misbah or feeling frustrated with him. These are his own doings. In fact Misbah stood by him through thick and thin.

The hearsay examples I haven't even mentioned.

Anyways he is a Pakistani ATG and I respect him for his services to our cricket. Doesn't mean I would endorse him in any dressing room
 
daytrader said:
Which one? All of them are on record.

Beating up a fan - was some domestic match, I believe in 2010. There's videos and news reports. This was before Misbah and the MisYou era

Hasan Ali and the ice bath incident is also on record where YK stepped out of his domain to try and discipline a player. Again nothing to do with Misbah

Throwing tantrums in the media - he clearly blackmailed his way into the 2015 ODI squad and his interviews from then are on record. Misbah was the only one supporting him for a return.

The Knife incident - this came directly from the horse's mouth. Grant Flower is the one who revealed this, Mickey Arthur was also on the table and had to intervene.

None of the above have anything to do with being compared to Misbah or feeling frustrated with him. These are his own doings. In fact Misbah stood by him through thick and thin.

The hearsay examples I haven't even mentioned.

Anyways he is a Pakistani ATG and I respect him for his services to our cricket. Doesn't mean I would endorse him in any dressing room
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than there is that NCA issue where he went to NCA and got angry that he was not given a proper room for some job interview and made a video of it and left. Than there is that incident on ARY where he got angry at some guy.

The whole oath gate happen because of his attitude issue.

I feel bad for the Afghan players. Probably should had gone for Kabir Khan or Abdul Rehman from Peshawar. Abdul Rehman is a great coach and has really done some great work with Peshawar Cricket. Alot of the boys we saw coming from Peshawar post 2015 were because of him.

I am not sure, but I think it was him that suggested Rifatullah Mohmand to try to play from Afghanistan National Team, or maybe it was Kabir Khan
 
daytrader said:
Which one? All of them are on record.

Beating up a fan - was some domestic match, I believe in 2010. There's videos and news reports. This was before Misbah and the MisYou era

Hasan Ali and the ice bath incident is also on record where YK stepped out of his domain to try and discipline a player. Again nothing to do with Misbah

Throwing tantrums in the media - he clearly blackmailed his way into the 2015 ODI squad and his interviews from then are on record. Misbah was the only one supporting him for a return.

The Knife incident - this came directly from the horse's mouth. Grant Flower is the one who revealed this, Mickey Arthur was also on the table and had to intervene.

None of the above have anything to do with being compared to Misbah or feeling frustrated with him. These are his own doings. In fact Misbah stood by him through thick and thin.

The hearsay examples I haven't even mentioned.

Anyways he is a Pakistani ATG and I respect him for his services to our cricket. Doesn't mean I would endorse him in any dressing room
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Yes, I maintain he's a highly misunderstood individual. Good example of this is:

As you can see from clip, he was being harassed by the media, who pursued him hoping they could "poke the bear" as they say, but they failed to accomplish the story they were hoping to create for public consumption. All he asked for was to be treated with some respect.

As mentioned earlier, one can understand his frustration and anger. Mamoon hit the nail on the head when he said "he doesn't get the respect he deserves from fans". A prime example of this when he was being paired with Misbah, after all the ignoramuses coined the term "MisYou". I mean he has every right to be offended when he's being associated to a substandard player like Misbah.

I started watching cricket in 2000 and out of all the Pakistan players who've debuted since then, not one of them is superior to Younis Khan as a player and leader. He had the best cricketing brain and thanks to tactical nous, he was able to lead Pakistan to its sole WT20 triumph.

I've already acknowledged that he's got flaws but he has so much credit in his bank, it makes Misbah fans like yourself lose sleep over it.

You have to weigh up whether Younis Khan had an overall net positive or a net negative impact on Pakistan. There's absolutely no doubt that despite his flaws, his contributions to Pakistan cricket were overwhelmingly positive.

The fact that you're so fixated about his flaws and have made every effort on a holy day to hijack this thread (in order to deflect from his credentials) epitomises your toxic agenda.

I'm actually glad you've raised this without bothering to respond to the rest of my post because we know now where you stand.
 
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What do knives and beating up others and past events have anything to do with his coaching and mentoring ability?

YK gelled an entire team of Selfish ego maniacs who only played for themselves and turned them into wold champions because he actually got them to gell together and play for the country?

Afghanistan is a passionate team but they have some issues that YK can help them overcome.

For example in last years asia cup Afghanistan needed to chase 292 in 39 overs and afg missed the mark by just 1 delivery, however they could still qualify if they just hit a boundary in the next over, but management did not tell Afghanistan this and the team threw their chances away.

This type of miscommunication would not happen under YK's watch.

Similarly India is the one team that Afghanistan is afraid of mentally, whereas other teams including aus, Afghanistan tries to give it their all. YK can help them overcome their mental issues.

He's a great assest to this team and thankfully Afghanistan Cricket Board isn't as stupid as PCB.

They know who to appoint and how to play cricket and manage affairs which is why they've been beating sides like aus and eng in cups and qualifying for semi's while Pakistan mashallah sei has been booted out by USA .
 
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