Yousuf said sadly at present Pakistan didn't have any batsmen of the caliber present in Indian cricket these days.
"We don't have any compact batsmen like Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli simply because we have developed wrong role models for our new batsmen and that is now beginning to show," he said.
Yousuf, one of Pakistan's top batsmen, said he idolized greats like Javed Miandad and Inzamam but in the last few years Pakistani youngsters had started following the wrong role models.
Pakistan who lost the one-day series to South Africa by 1-4 on Monday after another batting collapse has been facing batting problems for the last few months.
Yousuf also minced no words in attacking captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, blaming him for the present problems.
"He is the wrong example for the other batsmen to follow because technically he himself is suspect against fast bowlers and doesn't have the range of strokes to come and bat higher up the order as captain to play the role of a motivational leader, neither does he have ability for big scores or to finish a match," Yousuf said.
"Our batsmen are now just not playing down the ground strokes and they get bogged down ... Misbah is also now scoring more runs in one day cricket because of the change in rules.