Younus Khan will be considered for Oz tour if available: Butt

Lahore, Nov.14 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said Younus Khan would be considered for the forthcoming Australian if he makes himself available.

"We have a long-term plan in place. And, we will review that once we get together over the next few days to discuss this. Younis wanted a rest and we have given him that.

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But when he comes back, we will most definitely consider him as an option for captaincy," The Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying.

The PCB had appointed middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf as the captain of the Test team for the New Zealand series after Khan opted out.

Khan has admitted that he is going through a rough patch in his career, and thus decided to take a break from international cricket to focus on the weak points.

Khan has led Pakistan in three Tests, though each time as stand-in for Inzamam-ul-Haq.

It was being speculated that he would succeed Haq following his retirement in 2007, but was overlooked and Shoaib Malik was appointed as the skipper of both Test and one-day teams. (ANI)