Karachi, Aug 22 (Inditop.com) Pakistan’s former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz feels that team captain Younis Khan should retire from international cricket and hand over the mantle to Shahid Afridi.
Sarfaraz, 60, said that Younis has failed as a captain and should be replaced by Afridi.
“Younis has completely failed as a captain, something that was proved during the tour of Sri Lanka. I believe that Afridi could prove to be a much better captain for the Pakistan team,” Sarfaraz said Saturday.
Afridi, 29, took over as Twenty20 captain earlier this month when he lead Pakistan to a convincing win over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 International in Colombo.
But Pakistan lost the Test and one-day series under Younis’s leadership.
Afridi was rewarded for a string of match-winning performances by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which promoted him as the team’s vice-captain in place of middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.
However, Sarfaraz believes that Afridi deserves to be captain as he has the guts to get the best of the Pakistan team.
He also advised Younis to say goodbye to international along with a few other senior players, especially Mohammad Yousuf.
“These senior players have little more to offer and should retire to make place for younger boys,” said Sarfaraz, who took 177 wickets from 55 Tests.