Unhappy Mohammad Yousuf leaves T20 training camp

Pakistan middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf has left the ongoing training camp here for the next months Twenty20 World Cup, after the possibility that he would not be selected for the tournament to be played in South Africa, sources said.

Karachi, Aug 2 : Pakistan middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf has left the ongoing training camp here for the next month's Twenty20 World Cup, after the possibility that he would not be selected for the tournament to be played in South Africa, sources said.

Contrary to team manager Talat Ali's statement that Yousuf left for his hometown Lahore to be with his sick mother, the sources said the prolific batsman left after it became evident that he would not be included in Pakistan's 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup.

The News quoted them as saying, that Yousuf has been unhappy after learning that he might not be considered for the tournament, as the national selectors want to try out some new players.

Media reports have suggested that Yousuf might not figure in the squad, which is likely to be announced on the final day of the Karachi camp on August 6, due to his weak fielding.

However, Ali said the batsman told him that he had to go home to be with his mother "who is quite ill."

"The player has told the team management that he would let us know about his future plans once he gets to know about his mother's condition from her doctors," Ali said.

Yousuf was the highest run-getter in Tests in 2006. He has scored 6553 runs in 75 Test matches at an average of 56. In ODIs, he has scored 8081 runs in 242 matches at an average of 41.

He has featured in Pakistan's only T20 International, played against England last year, in which he made 20.

ANI