Former Pakistan batting mentor Grant Flower has alleged that ex-skipper Younis Khan experienced once held a knife to his throat when he attempted to supply him some advice in the course of a tour of Australia. Requested about the tricky characters that he has had to coach in his vocation, the 49-12 months-old Zimbabwean, who was Pakistan’s batting mentor from 2014 to 2019, recalled Younis.

“Younis Khan… rather rough to grasp,” Flower, who is presently serving as Sri Lanka’s batting coach, claimed all through a discussion with brother Andy and host Neil Manthorp on the ”Following On Cricket Podcast”.

“I keep in mind just one incident in Brisbane, throughout the Test, at breakfast, I experimented with to give him a little bit of batting suggestions … But he did not take kindly to my assistance and introduced a knife to my throat, with Mickey Arthur sitting down along with, who experienced to intervene.”

“Yeah, it really is been appealing. But which is portion of coaching. It would make it a hell of a journey, and I’ve really savored it. I have even now obtained a large amount to discover, but I’m really lucky to be in the placement I am,” Flower claimed.

Younis was just lately appointed as batting coach for Pakistan’s ongoing tour of England. He amassed 10,099 runs in 118 Tests for Pakistan at an normal of 52.05.

The 42-calendar year-old former batting star has not yet responded to Flower’s assert.

The incident with Younis is probable to have took place during the opening Exam of Pakistan’s tour of Australia in 2016 at Brisbane the place the batsman experienced scored a duck in the 1st innings but managed a 65 in the 2nd essay.

He had finished the tour with a great 175 not out in the 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2017. Pakistan, even so, shed the 3-Examination collection 3-.

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Flower also singled out Pakistan opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad as another “intriguing” character.

“He’s a extremely skilful batter, but very rebellious. Every single group has got its rebel. In some cases it would make them better players, often perhaps not so,” reported Flower, who experienced scored 3457 runs in 67 Checks and 6571 runs in 221 ODIs for Zimbabwe.