Younis Khan reveals finding Bob Woolmer dead was the lowest point in his career

Pakistan batting legend Younis Khan, in latest appearance in Pakistan Television, was open about the various highs and low of his cricket career. To which he mentioned that witnessing Bob Woolmer dead was the toughest moment of his career. The legend also revealed that it was his decision direct Shahid Afridi to tamper with the pitch in the infamous scuffing up pitch gate in England.

Two of the greatest legends of Pakistan by the names of Misbah ul Haq and Younis Khan have bid adieu to the game of cricket recently against West Indies. Younis Khan, in a no-holds-barred interview, described various aspects to cricketing life and it was then when he made a series of revelation to about Bob Woolmer unfortunate death during the World Cup of 2007 in West Indies, which shocked the entire cricketing fraternity. Younis disclosed about his feelings about the entire fiasco which tainted Pakistan cricket a decade back and term the whole incident as forgetful.

“The match against Ireland in the 2007 WC, and Bob Woolmer’s death after that. All the time he was with us, I would sit with him after the match and we would motivate each other, we were very close. The Ireland match was the first match where after it, we went to our own rooms and the next morning I found out he passed away. Those few days are some of the worst and toughest moments of my life,” commented Younis Khan according to PakPassion. 

313 against Sri Lanka- high point in his career

When asked about the high point of his career, he took us back to the marathon innings he played against Sri Lanka where he batted for more than two days to save the Test match for his country. “When I became captain in 2008 it was a difficult time because we lost the ODI series against SL. In the first Test match, we lost the toss and they made 400 on Day 1. When our batting came on Day 2, they had piled up 700. I was #3 and with 11 balls to go in the day, I came in to bat instead of sending a nightwatchman. I batted through day 3 and 4 and got out on day 5 after making 313. That was the high point of my career.” concluded the Pakistan legend.