Former national team captain Younis Khan has expressed his reaction to the treatment of the Green Shirts following the demise of the late head coach Bob Woolmer.

The sudden death of head coach Woolmer in his hotel room, after defeats to the West Indies and Ireland in the 2007 ODI World Cup, raised many questions. In an interview with a local TV channel, former captain and legendary cricketer Younis Khan openly discussed the treatment the team received.

The former cricketer said, "I have no doubt that if Woolmer had remained head coach, Pakistan cricket would be very different today and he would have taken it to great heights. I was very close to Bob (Woolmer) and it was our daily routine to sit together and talk about cricket after a match or a net session."

He added, "Unfortunately, the night he passed away, we didn’t sit together because we lost to Ireland. No one could score runs in that match; we were all saddened by the defeat, and I had locked myself in my room. Even at breakfast the next morning, we didn’t see the head coach, and later we found out he had died."

Discussing the challenging experience following head coach Bob Woolmer death, Younis Khan mentioned that the team was moved to another island in the West Indies, and the local police interrogated all the players for three days, which was nothing short of torture for them.

He said, "As cricketers, we were ambassadors of the country, but we were treated like criminals, which will always be a matter of sorrow."

It is notable that in 2007, a Scotland Yard officer declared head coach Bob Woolmer death as a murder, but further investigations later concluded it was natural.