Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan feels dropping Rahul Dravid for the first two ODIs could leave Indian selectors with egg on their face if the hosts go on to lose the matches."What if India lose the first two matches? If you win then its OK, the decision of dropping him would be proved justified but if you lose, then what?" he asked."In that scenario, India will have to recall him for the remaining matches but that decision would be under compulsion and you would not want to do things in that manner," he said.Younis said no matter how well the youngsters in the team do, a couple of seniors are always needed in the side to curb adrenaline rush at the wrong time."We don't have too many seniors in the Pakistani team. Me and perhaps Mohammad Yousuf are the only oldies. But on a more serious note, you always need seniors because when put under pressure youngsters may lose it. So when you have a player like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly in the side, who have handled pressure several times, it only helps the youngsters," he explained."If you drop a player like Sachin then you need to have somebody who can achieve at least 75 per cent of what he has done. Take for instance the Australians, they don't drop somebody before they have a replacement ready," he added.Younis said his team would not have a player-centric strategy in the ODI cricket series against India as the new-look home side boasts of a number of ‘match-winners’."There are senior players like Sachin and Ganguly, who have done well against Pakistan but we have no special plans for them," Younis said."There are also youngsters like Robin Uthappa. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is there whenever the teams needs him while Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh are also in good form. So we won't go after only one or two players as now every team has five or six match winners," he said."We can't just go after Irfan Pathan for instance," he added.Asked if he had any plan for Indian pace attack comprising Rudra Pratap Singh and S Sreesanth, Younis said he would concentrate ball-by-ball."A ball comes in a second and goes. So, actually speaking no plan works at that time. Whatever plans you make remain in your mind only. Like, I never think that I have to score a 100 because for that I have to face 140 balls. So you have to concentrate ball by ball."Younis, however, warned the hosts that he always struck form against the arch-rivals."I have always performed well against India. Even when I'm not in form, I strike form. I am sure I will do well this time around as well," said the batsman.The 29-year-old said he did not subscribe to the idea of verbal aggression on the field in the ‘gentleman's game’."It's always a gentleman's game. You should concentrate on your game because that's good for you, your team and your country. The battle should be with the bat and ball. That's what I feel," he said.About their new coach Geoff Lawson's role, Younis said the team was settling down with him."It's still the beginning, only four months. We have not spent much time together, we are still understanding each other. The mood is yet to be assessed," he added. On the touching gesture of captain Shoaib Malik and manager Talat Ali visiting Virender Sehwag's residence to pay condolences on his father's demise, Younis said, "We are human beings first and then Hindu or Muslim. Even I called him up to extend my condolences," he said.Younis also felt India-Pakistan series outshines the Ashes but both the boards need to make it as oraganised as the famous Anglo-Australian rivalry."It should be organised like the Ashes. Boards should decide whether we should play once in two, three or four years to retain the charm. It will be more fun and the teams will get the time for preparation," he said.
