{"id":20515,"date":"2025-09-25T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20515"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:04:09","slug":"beat-india-and-then-offer-handshake-younis-tells-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20515","title":{"rendered":"Beat India and then offer handshake, Younis tells Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan believes nothing can ignite the Asia Cup like a Pakistan\u2013India final, a clash the tournament has never witnessed in its 16 editions.<\/p>\n<p>With Pakistan\u2019s Super Four win over Sri Lanka and India\u2019s victory against Bangladesh, the prospect has moved closer to reality. For that to happen, Pakistan must overcome Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday to set up a blockbuster final on September 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Win first, shake hands later\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Younis, Pakistan\u2019s highest run-getter in Test cricket with 10,099 runs, insists the final could bring out the best in his country\u2019s players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan was not up to the mark in the two matches, but a final against India will pump our players because it will be a title-deciding match,\u201d Younis told Telecom Asia Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWin the final and then offer a handshake to Indian players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spirit of the game questioned<\/p>\n<p>The former captain criticised India for not shaking hands with Pakistani players after matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy not shaking hands the Indian players damaged the spirit of the game. This is a gentleman\u2019s game so you need to shake hands after the match. But Indian players are following the policy and advice of their government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf tomorrow our government advise the players not to shake hands with Indian players, then they will also have to follow. But that is not in our nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consistency still missing in Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Younis also expressed frustration at Pakistan\u2019s lack of consistency despite repeatedly hiring foreign coaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at India, they have become a world-class side because they do not change and chop frequently. We have brought a foreign coach for umpteen times but our team still lacks consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lessons from India\u2019s system<\/p>\n<p>Praising India\u2019s cricketing structure, Younis urged Pakistan to adopt a similar model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia has a very good system. They have improved their infrastructure and system and that is why they produce good players. We must lift our system. Until and unless we match the systems of other countries, we will not be able to rise at the international level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan believes nothing can ignite the Asia Cup like a Pakistan\u2013India final, a clash the tournament has never witnessed in its 16 editions. With Pakistan\u2019s Super Four win over Sri Lanka and India\u2019s victory against Bangladesh, the prospect has moved closer to reality. For that to happen, Pakistan must overcome Bangladesh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}