2024-08-27 20:39:30
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appointed veteran players Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis as mentors of the five teams participating in the Champions Cup domestic tournament. According to a PCB statement, all these players have been appointed mentors on a three-year contract.
Waqar Younis has recently served as PCB consultant on cricket matters while Saqlain Mushtaq is the former head coach of the national team. Misbah and Waqar have also coached the national team. The PCB said that the first tournament for all the former players appointed as mentors will be the Champions ODI Cup which will be played in Faisalabad from September 12 to 29. The PCB has made it mandatory for all its top players to participate in this 50-over competition.
It is noteworthy that Waqar resigned from his post only three weeks after his appointment. He did so because he himself had requested the board to appoint him for three weeks.
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Meanwhile, Pakistan’s senior men’s cricket team is under fire after facing a humiliating 10-wicket defeat to Bangladesh. It has been 1,294 days since Pakistan last won a home Test match. Their defeat has sparked a big discussion on the team’s poor performance. Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan for the first time in a Test. Interestingly, Pakistan, batting first in the Rawalpindi match, declared the innings at 448 for 5.
After this, Bangladesh turned the tables by batting and bowling brilliantly. Now former Pakistani cricketers are criticizing their team. Shan Masood and the coaching staff are looking defensive for the decision of not including a spinner in the team.