"Coaching is a very difficult job in Pakistan cricket and I don't want to get involved in any thing which prevents me from retiring gracefully and with respect," Younis said yesterday.
"I have served Pakistan and I have got a lot of respect and fame in return and I want to leave at the right time and on the right note with respect," he added.
Younis, however, didn't rule out the possibility of captaining Pakistan again even though he insisted that he had never run after the captaincy.
Younis, who was forced to resign as captain in late 2010 after a group of player revolted against him during the ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE, said he had always considered leading Pakistan a big honor.
"But right now I don't think about this issue at all and I have left it to fate," he added.
"I honestly believe I can still play one-day cricket and I am right for this format and whenever I get this opportunity I will be ready for it.
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