The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Wednesday designated previous Pakistan captain Younis Khan as the guide for the national group for the coming ICC Champions Trophy.
According to an ACB media discharge, the previous hitter will go with Afghanistan amid their conditioning and planning camp in Pakistan, advertising his mentorship administrations until the conclusion of the eight-nation ICC event.
The 47-year-old Younis amassed 10,099 runs a Pakistan record at a sound normal of over 52 in 118 Tests. 7,249 runs in 265 ODIs and 442 runs in 25 T20 Internationals.
The right-hander scored the foremost Test centuries (34) for his nation whereas his career-best 313 against Sri Lanka in a 2009 Test at Karachi lifted him to the number one position within the ICC rankings.
Naseeb Khan, the chief official of the ACB, said that ACB was satisfied to sign a contract with Younis as intervals guide of the national group for the Champions Trophy which is able be arranged from Feb 19 to Walk 9.
Since the Champions Trophy is being held in Pakistan, it was required to allot a gifted and experienced player as mentor from the facilitating nation. We as of now had effective involvement with facilitating countries tutors within the 2023 ODI World Container and the 2024 T20 World Container. Watching the conditions, subsequently, we have designated Younis Khan as coach for our national group for the up and coming mega occasion and wish him best of the good fortune in his pivotal assignment, Naseeb was cited in a discharge from ACB as saying.
The Champions Trophy is returning after more than seven a long time. The occasion will include 15 matches within the 50-over organize and will be held over Pakistan and Dubai. The past version finalists, India and Pakistan, are planned to confront on Feb 23 in Dubai.
Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi will serve as the three scenes for the occasion. Each setting will organize three group matches with Lahore facilitating the moment semi-final.
Lahore is set to host the ultimate on Walk 9 unless India qualify, in which case the ultimate will be played in Dubai. Both the semi-finals and the ultimate will have save days.
Pakistan will confront Unused Zealand within the Gather opener in Karachi on Feb 19.
The Dubai leg will start the another day, with India taking on Bangladesh. Afghanistan dispatch their campaign at the Champions Trophy on Feb 21 against South Africa in Karachi.
