{"id":9783,"date":"2009-10-19T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/pcb-rejects-younus-resignation\/"},"modified":"2009-10-19T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T15:57:17","slug":"pcb-rejects-younus-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/pcb-rejects-younus-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB rejects Younus resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018He will continue as captain until the World Cup in 2011\u2019, says PCB chief<\/h3>\n
THE PAKISTAN Cricket Board has reportedly rejected Younus Khan\u2019s resignation.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The 31-year-old quit as captain last week following match-fixing allegations levied against the team at the recent Champions Trophy in South Africa. <\/div>\n

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But after meeting in Islamabad, the PCB said they had no justification to replace him as captain. <\/div>\n

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\u201cHe will continue as captain until the World Cup in 2011, if he stays fit,\u201d PCB chairman Ijaz Butt was quoted as saying in the Dawn newspaper.<\/div>\n

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He added there was no reason to accept Younus\u2019 resignation following a successful period for Pakistan which saw them crowned Twenty20 World Champions, beat close rivals India and make it to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. <\/div>\n

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\u201cWith so many performances this year do you think he should be changed?\u2019 Butt asked reporters.<\/div>\n

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Revealing reasons why he tendered his resignation last week, Younus said he had been \u201cdeeply hurt\u201d by match-fixing allegations that alleged the team had deliberately lost a group game against Australia which helped knock rivals India out of the Champions Trophy tournament, as well as throwing their semi-final match against New Zealand. <\/div>\n

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\u201cEver since we returned from South Africa, I was hiding from people as if I have committed a crime,\u201d Younus said at the time. <\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was painful because I played my cricket for pride, for my country and not for money. It was the limit and being an honourable Pathan (Pashtun), I felt I must resign. It’s not an emotional decision. I am badly hurt.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Butt also revealed the allegations had affected Younus\u2019 family with several members allegedly not talking to the Pakistan captain following the match-fixing allegations. <\/div>\n

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Speaking in Islamabad today, Butt said he understood the emotional state Younus was in and would have made the same decision had he been in his shoes. <\/div>\n

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\u201cHe reacted after so many things happened and I would have done the same had I been in his place,\u201d Butt admitted. <\/div>\n

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With the issue now seemingly resolved, Pakistan can now focus on their next campaign \u2013 a one-day and Twenty20 series against New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates next month. <\/div>\n

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\u2018He will continue as captain until the World Cup in 2011\u2019, says PCB chief THE PAKISTAN Cricket Board has reportedly rejected Younus Khan\u2019s resignation. The 31-year-old quit as captain last week following match-fixing allegations levied against the team at the recent Champions Trophy in South Africa. But after meeting in Islamabad, the PCB […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}