Pakistan has had a long history of producing great batsmen. The list includes some great ones like Hanif Muhammad, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580, Saeed Anwer. All of them were the stars of their era. Younis Khan also joined that list when
he started to play for Pakistan in 2000 and he was also responsible in leading Pakistan to twenty20 world cup glory. Younis Khan is a right hand batsman and is known for his crafty innings and shots out of the textbook and some well improvised shots. He is
known for pinch hitting but has proved on occasions that he has the ability to hit the ball a long way whenever it is required.
Younis Khan was born in Mardan, a very prominent city of Khyber Pakhtoun Khua in Pakistan on 29th November 1977 and is a Pathan. Like the children of his age he had a passion of cricket and the streets were his playground. He was always under
pressure for his negligence towards his studies but his elder brothers always supported him. Younis Khan always gave the credit of his success to his parents.
Younis Khan got his break in 2000 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241. Younis Khan scored 46 runs in his debut innings and missed out on his maiden
one-day international fifty due to a run out. Younis Khan received his break in the test matches after a few days when he started his test career against Sri Lanka. He had the perfect start to his test career and scored a hundred on his debut. Although Pakistan
lost the match by 2 wickets, everyone praised the performance of this young man.
Younis Khan worked very hard to retain his place in the side. He suffered from lack of form in 2003 and was axed from the national side. Younis Khan took as an opportunity to build on his skills as a fielder and as a batsman. His efforts paid off and he
was recalled for the test side. He came back with a bang and literally destroyed the Indian bowling line up. Pakistan highly depended on his batting and he didn’t let his team and managed to prove the faith shown into him by the selectors. His innings of 267
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is still remembered by the cricket pundits. His performance against the arch rival India is very impressive. He averages a jaw dropping 106 against India. He also impressed every one with his skills as a slip fielder. He reached 4000 runs in
test cricket in just 87 innings. It took the maestro Sachin Tendulkar to achieve the feat in 86. He is only the third Pakistani to score a triple century. His career best was 313. An innings that won him appreciation across the globe and the locals were ecstatic
over his performance. Younis Khan has an average of over 50 in test matches and has scored more than 5000 runs with the aid of 16 centuries.
In one day international cricket Younis Khan is famous for his role as an inning architect. He has held the team together in most of his innings. His career best of 144 is against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919. He is very close to score 6000 runs in this arena.
Younis Khan is the most successful twenty 20 captain for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Although not a pinch hitter by default he has a strike rate of 124.85. He led the Pakistani squad in the 2009 twenty 20 world cup and Pakistan won the world cup. Right after the memorable
victory Younis Khan retired from international twenty 20.
Younis Khan is very hopeful to perform at his best in 2011 world cup.
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