Retirement tweet is fake, says Younis

Out of form senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan denied on Wednesday tweeting about retiring from one-day internationals after the ongoing World Cup, saying he was working hard to come good for his team.

A tweet from a supposedly official Younis account on Tuesday said he was going to retire from white-ball cricket after the World Cup and continue to play Tests. However, Younis insisted he did not have a Twitter account of his own.

“I have no Twitter account and it’s (the story about his retirement) fake,” Younis told AFP on Wednesday.

“I am working hard to come good in batting and have not decided anything like that.”

Younis has been a subject of severe criticism from former Pakistan players after scores of six and nought in Pakistan’s defeats in their first two matches of the World Cup.

He was asked to open the innings in Pakistan’s first match against arch-rivals India in Adelaide, a promotion which backfired.

Since arriving on the New Zealand tour last month, the 37-year-old has managed just 78 runs in eight matches, including four warm-up games and two one-day internationals prior to the showpiece World Cup.