Bitter Yousuf avoids Twenty20 talk

One lesson Mohammad Yousuf has learnt the hard way is that indecisiveness seldom pays. Yousuf8217;s flip-flop on the Indian Cricket League ICL and the subsequent legal battle ensured that the middle-order batsman didn8217;t feature in either the ICL or the Indian Premier League IPL, even as his fellow Pakistan team mates had a blast in the recent T20 leagues.

Now, an embittered Yousuf doesn8217;t want to even talk about it. On the eve of the India-Pakistan match in Karachi, when The Indian Express asked Yousuf about his distress, a raw nerve was touched. 8220;Aap yahan Asia Cup cover karne aaye hai, to wohi karein you have come to cover Asia Cup, do that,8221; he snapped.

Although it was the Pakistan Cricket Board8217;s PCB8217;s anti-ICL stand that had Yousuf breaching his contract, the board is quick to wash its hands of the issue. 8220;He Yousuf lost out on the IPL and ICL simply because couldn8217;t decide for himself,8221; said a PCB official. 8220;It8217;s his mistake. He has to bear the loss of his own ignorance.8221;