PCB Retain Muhammad Yusuf, Asad Shafiq In Revamped Choice Panel

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has retained former gamers Muhammad Yousuf and Asad Shafiq within the revamped choice committee which is able to choose the groups for the house Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh subsequent month. Yousuf and Shafiq had been members of the earlier choice committee which picked the T20 World Cup squad. The PCB sacked members Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq after the workforce didn’t transcend the primary spherical within the mega occasion however surprisingly has retained Yousuf and Shafiq.

Yousuf was additionally the batting coach of the Pakistan workforce whereas Wahab additionally served as senior workforce supervisor on the excursions to Eire, England and within the World Cup.

The brand new committee may even embody the captains and head coaches of the pink and white-ball groups. All of the members together with Yousuf and Shafiq will maintain voting rights and have decision-making authority.

In a brand new growth, the board has additionally nominated assistant workforce coach Azhar Mahmood and 4 of its board members/staff because the non-voting members of the committee.

These embody the advisor to PCB Chairman Bilal Afzal, Supervisor of Analytics and Crew Technique Hassan Cheema, Director of Excessive-Efficiency Nadeem Khan, and Director of Worldwide Cricket Usman Wahla.

The restructured committee will likely be liable for choosing the squad for the two-Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, which is a part of the World Check Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle.

Bangladesh will face Pakistan in two Assessments, with matches scheduled in Rawalpindi from August 21-25 and in Karachi from August 30-September 3.

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