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Younus Khan has quit as Pakistan cricket captain in protest at match-fixing allegations made against the team by a senior member of parliament.
Younus submitted his resignation to the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt during a hearing of the National Assembly standing committee on sports in Islamabad today. It has been reported that Butt has rejected the resignation ahead of talks with the 31-year-old.
The hearing was called to discuss allegations by NA committee chairman Jamshed Dasti relating to Pakistan's Champions Trophy campaign last month. He claimed that the team deliberately lost to Australia in their final group game so that India would not join them in the semi-finals.
Younus said today: "I submitted my resignation because I'm disgusted by these match-fixing allegations made against me and the team. I told the chairman to go through my letter and read my point of view."
Sources close to Younus said his letter indicated he wanted to take a break from cricket and would not be available for the upcoming series against New Zealand and Australia. Younus was appointed captain this year after the board removed Shoaib Malik as skipper after a one-day series defeat to Sri Lanka in January.
