New Delhi:The Pakistan Cricket Board is reportedly mulling to remove the Test team's head coach, Sarfaraz Ahmed and captain Shan Masood from their roles after the team's horror 2-0 drubbing by Bangladesh.
The PCB had held talks with former cricketers Younis Khan and for taking some key posts with the national team, a source told PTI. “I can confirm that both Younis Khan and Muhammad Hafeez have held talks with PCB officials about joining the board in key positions. But things are yet to be finalised," the source told the news agency.
Sources said that advisors of PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi suggested to revamp Pakistan Test squad set-up after the defeat against Bangladesh. "There is a proposal to remove Sarfaraz as head coach and give him back the responsibility of managing the national under-19 and A sides," the source said.
He said Sarfaraz could only be replaced if the board came to an agreement with former captain Younis who had previously laid down some strict conditions before accepting any role.
The source said the board was also keen to replace Masood as Test captain but he had requested more time to lead the side on the upcoming away tours of the West Indies and England. He said that Hafeez was being considered for the post of chief selector and head of the international cricket department but only preliminary talks took place between him and the board officials.
"In Hafeez's case, there is a feeling that since the former player has been pretty critical about the team and board in media roping him in might create an impression he has been offered a position to stop his criticism," the source added.
"My intentions are clean," he said, leaving the captaincy decision to the PCB after the 2-0 drubbing. I got into this job to improve our Test cricket. “There are things that need to be discussed with the board and it’s always up to the board. But my intention has always been how to improve this side, because [I feel] you should always take challenges and accept opportunities,” Masood said in the press conference.
“It’s always going to be my effort to do it in any capacity, it doesn’t have to be that I do it sitting in the captaincy chair, or the player chair, wherever. You never know where life is going to take you but I have always worn this shirt with pride and put everything aside for this. “I believe we should be thinking about how we can improve Pakistan’s Test cricket rather than talking about change right now,” he said.
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