Stani Army

Younis Khan has recently said that had he been caught in the line of fire as the Sri Lankan team were in the terror attack in Lahore, then he would have walked away from international cricket. Only the Sri Lankan squad and the officials who were there could know how those terrifying few moments were but would them quitting cricket solve anything?

Younis’ statements give us an insight into his character, something which had previously been expressed on Stani Army in regards to his fussiness with the captaincy issue. Whilst it can be a good thing to be strong minded as a leader, one must also, at times, take a step back and be rational about things rather than emotional. It will be interesting to see his reaction when squad selection issues and other problems arise. Will he just walk away? It remains to be seen but as strong minded and hasty he is at present, I wouldn’t be surprised if his reign as captain is shorter than Malik’s.

The Lahore attacks were crickets darkest day but I could never see the Sri Lankans throwing in the towel and they were in the thick of it. If every decent human being gave in to having had bad done to them then where would we be now?

To give up and walk away, is not the Pathan way.

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