That guy whom we used to know as Yousouf Youhana. Elegant but irritating. Madly talented but mostly quite useless. Here Osman Samiuddin pens a beautiful piece that is nevetherless filled with scathing criticism against the classy batsman.
It is well known that I have a particular dislike for players who maintain good individual records yet contribute very little to their team's successes. Yousouf is one such. As Samiuddin mentions in the article, in the last 5 years he has barely played a couple of innings worth note. He has piled on the runs against the minnows and generally been extremely pointless against the big boys. Even his hundred against India at Multan that reduced Pakistan's defeat margin some bit, was played in such a Heaven-couldn't care less about the team manner.
And the innings he played in the second knock of this Test deserves the harshest possible criticism. A job which Osman has already done for me. Excellent stuff.
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