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LAHORE, (MANEND NEWS): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and men’s
national cricket team batting coach Younis Khan have mutually decided
to part ways before National team’s overseas tours of England and
West Indies.
Commenting on the development, PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan
said both parties decided to part ways after long discussion. He said it
was unfortunate to lose an expert of Younis stature and experience.
“I want to thank Younis Khan for his contributions during his short
stint as the Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s batting coach and
hope he will remain available to assist the PCB by sharing his vast
knowledge with the emerging cricketers,” he added.
Younis Khan was appointed to coach men’s batting in November 2020
on a two-year contract that was scheduled to run till the T20 World
Cup in 2022.
Younis Khan was appointed for the role ahead of Pakistan s tour of
England last year to join head coach Misbahul Haq, bowling coach
Waqar Younis and spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed in the team
management. It was his first appointment with the PCB since his
retirement in 2017.
Pakistan had mixed results since Younis Khan took over as batting
coach. In five overseas Tests in England and New Zealand, Pakistan
drew two and lost three before beating South Africa across formats –
both home and away – followed by a successful tour to Zimbabwe.
Younis Khan s integration into the Pakistan coaching set-up hadn t
been straightforward, as the former batsman had turned down the PCB
on two previous occasions. The board had earlier tried to rope him in
to work at the development level at the NCA, but those talks didn t
materialise into anything concrete.
In May 2019, Younis Khan was close to taking up a role as the country
s Under-19 coach, but that plan, too, did not come to pass.