KARACHI – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday confirmed theappointment of former captain Younis Khan as batting coach of the Pakistanmen’s national cricket team.
Khan has been appointed until, at least, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022,which is scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November with thefinal on 13 November.
Younis had earlier accompanied Pakistan to England this summer and will nowcontinue with his responsibilities for the upcoming series in New Zealandfor which the side departs on 23 November.
When not traveling with the national side, Younis will be based at theHanif Mohammad High Performance in Karachi as a batting coach. A workprogramme will be developed with the National High Performance team.
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Younis, scored 10,099 runs at over 52 in 118 Tests; 7,249 runs in 265 ODIsand 442 runs in 25 T20Is. He has scored most Test centuries for Pakistan,34, while his career-best 313 against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2009 liftedhim to No.1 position in the ICC rankings.
