Little chance of me accepting captaincy again: Younis

KARACHI: The player rebellion that forced him to take a 'break' from international cricket continues to rankle Younis Khan, who says there is little chance of him accepting Pakistan's captaincy again even if he comes back to the side."Even when I makea comeback to the team, I see little chance of me becoming the captain again,"the senior batsman, who opted out of the upcoming Test tour of New Zealand afteradmitting to having problems with a section of players, told The Dawnnewspaper.Younis revealed that he had offered to resign afterfailing to get control over the tension in the dressing room but the idea wasrejected by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt."The fact isthat since I was out of form I was not able to control the team and when youcan't control a team then you should not be leading the team that is why I tookmy decision to withdraw from New Zealand tour," he said."...incurrent circumstances I was not in a state of mind to lead the team or playcricket," he added.Asked if some players deliberately underperformedin the ODI series loss to New Zealand to put him in a tight spot, Younis choseto sidestep the query."What can I say but the truth should bebrought before the public by authorities. As far as I am concerned I have neverbelieved in public relations and I have always played my cricket on merit. So,this complaint that I was not friendly with other players is pointless," Younissaid."The fact is that when I am not scoring runs how can I tellothers if they don't perform. I don't want to be a burden on the team that iswhy I decided to take a rest and when my form returns I will be back. Cricket ismy bread and butter so I will be back playing in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy soon,"he added.Meanwhile, former PCB Chairman Tauqir Zia said Younisshould have followed the example of Indian great Sachin Tendulkar and steppeddown from the captaincy after failing to contribute substantially with thebat."I thought when Younis knew he was out of form and strugglingfor runs he should have stepped down himself and insisted on playing only as abatsman," Tauqir, who was PCB Chairman between 1999 and 2003,said."He should have followed the example of Sachin Tendulkar whostepped down as captain himself when he realised the pressure of captaincy wasgetting to him and he was not performing as a batsman. Today Tendulkar remainsone of India's top players," he added.