KARACHI: Younis Khan on Thursday made
it clear to the Pakistan Cricket Board that he would withdraw his resignation
from the captain’s post only if he is retained at the helm till the 2011 World
Cup.

Younis, who resigned two days back after being grilled of
match-fixing charges by the National Assembly standing committee on sports, met
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ejaz Butt and demanded if he was to remain as
captain he would want the job till the next World Cup.

A top PCB
source confirmed that Younis and Butt had a long meeting and the senior batsman,
who was being asked by the PCB chief to take back his resignation, made his
stand clear.

“Younis made his position very clear to Butt that he is
not taking his resignation back until all his conditions are met by the board,
the most important being his appointment as captain on a long-term basis,” a PCB
source said.

“He wanted an announcement that he will be made captain
until the next World Cup so that some players who harboured ambitions of
replacing him got down to concentrating on their game,” he added.

The
source disclosed that Younis had brought to Butt’s notice about the intrigue by
some players and officials to replace him as captain and also conveyed his
disappointment that the PCB chief preferred to meet vice-captain Shahid Afridi,
the manager and coach separately to discuss the Champions Trophy
performance.

“Younis also told the chairman that he was disappointed
that the board didn’t come out with a clear statement in favour of the team when
the allegations of match-fixing were first made against them and taken up by the
chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on sports,” the source
said.

Although Younis submitted his resignation to the PCB chairman
during the hearing of the NA committee to protest over the match fixing
allegations made against him and the team and the remarks by the committee
chairman Jamshed Dasti but sources said the crisis runs deeper.

The
‘Dawn’ newspaper reported on Thursday that some players were not getting along
with Younis since the tour to Sri Lanka this year and they also planned a revolt
if the board didn’t accept the resignation by Younis.