KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board
chairman Ejaz Butt on Sunday ruled out a complete overhaul of the team after
their disastrous tour of Australia but said a younger skipper will replace
Mohammad Yousuf.

“Ideally, a younger player could have been chosen to
lead Pakistan, but Australia is not the place to experiment. So, the choice fell
on the senior-most player Mohammad Yousuf. Now we would like to hand over the
reins to a younger captain who can lead the side for a longer period,” Butt
said.

Butt said the board had appointed Younis Khan as captain last
year with a view to have him in this position for a long
time.

“Unfortunately, the National Assembly standing committee on
sports made allegations against him and this caused him great distress and he
decided to not play for a while upsetting our plans,” he said.

The
PCB chief said he was not a supporter of the culture of frequent changes in the
captaincy and team management but circumstances forced the board to take
short-term decisions.

He also said that the selectors would be
looking at inducting some new players into the team.

“Complete
overhaul is not possible and we will gradually start inducting new players into
the side. There is plenty of talent in our cricket and we can even now replace
the entire fast bowling line up but we don’t want to take hasty decisions,” he
said.