"A lot of things are being said regarding my retirement from Test cricket... That perhaps Younis Khan wants to continue playing cricket," he said in a video uploaded on his Twitter account. "There is no truth to this," he asserted.
A fresh controversy erupted in Pakistan cricket after Younis apparently told a website in an interview that if required he can take back his retirement decision for the sake of the national team.
But on Sunday, the senior batsman was clearly not pleased with the criticism directed ta him for apparently having second thoughts on his retirement.
Younis, who is just 23 runs short of becoming the first Pakistani batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs made it clear that the answers he had given in the interview to the website were being made into a big controversy.
"I won't go into details about the questions I was asked [in the interview], the response I gave and the version that was brought before you," he said.
Both Younis and Test captain, Misbah-ul-Haq have announced they will retire from test cricket after the three match series in the West Indies.
"Even if I score a century in every innings of the three tests even than I will retire from test cricket as announced by me," he added.
Misbah also stoked the Younis retirement issue when he also in an interview to the same website expressed the wish that Younis should continue playing for atleast two more years.
He said that Pakistan cricket still required the presence of Younis in the dressing room and he can carry on playing for now.
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