KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered former Test captain Younis Khan the opportunity to head its High-Performance Centre in Karachi as batting consultant with the national team.
According to the source, Younis has been offered a full-time job as head of the HPC in Karachi at the National Stadium in addition to his role as batting consultant.
In 2019, Younis accompanied the Pakistan squad to England but took time out as batting consultant in the home series against Zimbabwe. The 42-year-old batsman is slated to accompany the Pakistan team again to New Zealand for the full tour in December-January next year.
On June 2, 2020, Younis Khan had been appointed as the national team batting coach for the upcoming tour of England, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced.
The PCB has also appointed wrist spinner and a veteran of 52 Tests Mushtaq Ahmed as the team’s spin bowling coach and mentor for the three-Test and three-T20Is series, which will be played in August-September.
The appointments have been made to provide head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and fast bowling coach Waqar Younis the necessary and essential resources that can help them further uplift the performance of the side.
Younis is Pakistan’s most successful Test batsman scoring 10,099 runs at over 52 in 118 Tests from 2000 to 2017. This included a career-best 313 against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2009, which lifted him to the top position in the ICC rankings.
He holds an equally impressive record against England. PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan said he was delighted that someone of the stature and incredible batting record of Younis Khan has agreed to join the Pakistan cricket set-up as national team’s batting coach.
Younis Khan said there had never been a bigger honour and a better feeling than to represent his country. He said he felt privileged to have been again offered the opportunity to serve it for a challenging but exciting tour of England.
the Pakistan Cricket Board had also held a parley with the cricketer to work as head coach with the Pakistan junior and ‘A’ teams or as a batting coach at the High-Performance Centre in Lahore but the talks failed over apparent issues of authority and pay package.
The PCB eventually appointed former Test batsman Ijaz Ahmed as head coach of the junior and ‘A’ teams.
