The ghost who bats
Jarrod Kimber writes in the Dawn about how Younis Khan, playing his 100th Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, has transcended polarisation, embraced tragedy, and been a 'champion in isolation'
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Jun-2015
Jarrod Kimber writes in the Dawn about how Younis Khan, playing his 100th Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, has transcended polarisation, embraced tragedy, and largely been a 'champion in isolation'
People love Misbah. People hate Misbah. People love Afridi. People hate Afridi. They are called Misbahtards and Afridiots. It's Catholic versus Protestant, Sunni versus Shia, and East Coast Rap versus West Coast Rap. It is beyond logic. It is beyond cricket. It is a choice of ideologies.
Yet, for all this passion, all this nonsense, Khan just plays cricket. He has ridden above the nonsense. Turn on your television and there is a 50 per cent chance that he is calmly dealing with Test bowlers somewhere in the world. He's so good that no one calls themselves Younisites, because it's assumed we're all Younisites.