Pakistan skipper Younus Khan has threatened to resign in the wake of allegations of match-fixing in the recently held Champions Trophy in South Africa. He claimed that such allegations have been made without any evidence or concrete proof to back them up and said, he would speak to Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaj Butt about the issue. Younus was stunned by allegations levelled by Chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on sports Jamshed Dasti that Pakistan tanked matches against Australia and New Zealand, a statement which the parliamentarian later back-tracked from. Younus said, he would not tolerate the slur of match-fixing levelled against him and his teammates and would resign from the captain's job, if he felt so. The Pakistan skipper, however, conceded that dropping New Zealand's in-form batsman Grant Elliot at a crucial stage hurt Pakistan's chance in the semifinal and he was not at his best because of a fractured finger. Responding to the statement of former captain Shoaib Malik that the team management should not have shuffled the batting order too much in the tournament, Younus said every player was now required to play at any position in modern day cricket.
News On AIR | October 7, 2009 11:18 AM
Younus Khan threatens to resign owing to allegations of match-fixing in Champions Trophy