Younis ready to lead Pakistan again

Pakistan skipper Younis Khan on Tuesday said he was ready to lead the team again after the country’s cricket chief rejected his resignation, saying he had been heartened by shows of support.

‘I am very happy right now. The faith that the chairman and the board has placed in me again, it’s good to know. The support that I have received from the board and the country through this time has been fantastic,’ Younis Khan

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt on Monday rejected Younis’s resignation, saying he should lead the team until the 2011 World Cup as long as he retains form and fitness.

Pakistan’s next international assignment will see the team take on NewZealand in three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches in AbuDhabi and Dubai early next month.