Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf believes Shoaib Malik does not deserve to be the national captain and said his appointment was an injustice.
Yousuf, who is banned from playing in Pakistan having joined the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) last year, said Malik’s appointment in 2007 over other senior players was hugely unfair.
“It is perhaps for the first time in Pakistan cricket that a player who is not a certain choice in the Test and one-day team has been made captain,” Yousuf told the Private TV channel.
The veteran of 79 Tests and 269 One-day Internationals and former ICC test player of the year said he joined the ICL and put his international career on the line because of shabby treatment from Malik and former chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed.
“Tell me, does Malik command an automatic place in the Pakistan test or one-day team?” he asked. “Yet the board made him captain.”
Yousuf was one of several senior players overlooked for the captaincy after Pakistan’s first round exit from the last World Cup.
Yousuf, who is banned from playing in Pakistan having joined the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) last year, said Malik’s appointment in 2007 over other senior players was hugely unfair.
“It is perhaps for the first time in Pakistan cricket that a player who is not a certain choice in the Test and one-day team has been made captain,” Yousuf told the Private TV channel.
The veteran of 79 Tests and 269 One-day Internationals and former ICC test player of the year said he joined the ICL and put his international career on the line because of shabby treatment from Malik and former chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed.
“Tell me, does Malik command an automatic place in the Pakistan test or one-day team?” he asked. “Yet the board made him captain.”
Yousuf was one of several senior players overlooked for the captaincy after Pakistan’s first round exit from the last World Cup.
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