Pakistan’s leading run getter in test matches and batting star Younis Khan has lashed out against the nature of pitches used during the recent India – South Africa test series. Khan said that pitches which assisted spin from the very first day were a “bad advertisement for test cricket.” The veteran batsman also advised the ICC to intervene in such cases, in order to ensure that the home advantage wasn’t exploited.
“I don’t think it was a good advertisement for Test cricket in the recent India and South Africa series that the ball was turning from the first day onwards. The element of competition disappears on such pitches,” Younis was quoted saying to PTI.
“The pitches nowadays in these countries also are not the same as they were a decade or two ago. Look at Australia. You don’t see the same pace or bounce, similarly, in England not all pitches now have a lot of seam movement,” Khan added.
Meanwhile, he was also extremely critical about the drafting process of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). “If the PSL is held properly in a transparent and clean manner than it would benefit our domestic players a lot. I want to see that happen. But transparency in everything is required so that our league doesn’t face same problems we have seen in other countries,” Younis said. “We should be in a situation where a domestic player is able to earn at least 40 to 50,000 rupees per match,” he added.