Younis Khan is one of the key players in the batting line-up – Waqar Younis – Cricket News Update
The head coach of Pakistan cricket team, Waqar Younis, has lavished praise on the veteran batsman, Younis Khan, and has described him as a key player in Pakistan’s line-up.
Waqar, in his report to the Pakistan Cricket Board after the West Indies tour, wrote that presence of Younis http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 in the team had a positive effect on the team and he was missed on the tour after he left the Caribbean due to the sad demise of his brother.
"It was quite unfortunate that he had to leave the squad on the West Indies tour and returned home due to his brother's death," the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 coach had written in his report, which was published by a leading daily newspaper in its Sunday edition on July 10.
"He was missed on the tour because he is one of the key players in the batting line-up," Waqar added further.
Younis Khan, the former Pakistan skipper, who lost the captaincy role following the controversies that embroiled Pakistan cricket team after the 2009-10 winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 as his elder brother,
Shamshad Khan, has passed away in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 said that his absence was felt during the drawn two-match Test series.
The former pacer also wrote in his report that the presence of experienced middle-order batsman in the team had a positive effect on team’s dressing room.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Younis-Khan-c77460, the 33-year-old middle order batsman from Mardan, is considered to be a Test cricket veteran as he averages above 50 in the longest format of the game with a tally of 5617 runs from 67 Test matches including 17 centuries and 23 half-centuries.
His highest score in the Test cricket is 313 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
In the One Day International format of the game, Younis has represented Pakistan in 223 matches compiling 6283 runs at an average of 32.38 and a strike rate of 75.05. The One-Day format has seen the prolific batsman notching up 42 fifties and six centuries.
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