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My future depends on what team wants from me – Younis
- Updated: January 6, 2017
Younis Khan will play on for Pakistan for as long as the side needs him, dousing speculation about his immediate future, unlike that of the side’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq.
Talk of retirement has not attached itself to Younis through the series as resolutely as it has done to Misbah. It has done so more by association – because he is 39 to Misbah’s 42.
But a lack of a big innings meant that Pakistan’s leading Test run-getter had speculative questions and barbs thrown in his direction. That has been addressed for now with an unbeaten 175 in Sydney.
“It all depends [his future plans],” Younis said. “I don’t want to give a surprise where I come and say suddenly I’m going, or that I’m playing for the next five years.
“It all depends on my team and what they want from me. That’s the main thing for me. I’m very near to 10,000 runs and it will be a big achievement for a Pakistani. If you see that list there is no Pakistani who has made that.
“So it all depends on my team, the PCB and how they want me. I will be in touch with them and as they tell me, what kind of energy and what they need from me, from that I will decide how long to play. My body is giving me a good response at the moment.”
Younis is 36 runs short of that …
