Date:21/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/21/stories/2008092160681700.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Younis to skip Champions League

Karachi: Younis Khan will skip the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League tournament to concentrate on playing first class cricket with South Australia.

He confirmed that he would not play the tournament to be to be held in December, which clashes with his commitments with the Aussie side.

“(T20) might be popular but to me it is nothing compared to first class cricket…I would prefer first class because that is real cricket and that is where a player is really tested.” he said. — PTI