Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has been appointed because the chief of the eight-member junior choice committee by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The PCB has named Akmal because the chair of the choice committee which additionally included the likes of Sohail Tanvir, Amir Nazir, Taimoor Khan, Junaid Khan, Faisal Athar, Qaisar Abbas, and Sanaullah Baloch.
Based on the media launch, selectors and the pinnacle coaches of the areas will conduct trials as per the schedule shared by the apex cricket board of Pakistan. After PCB constituted the choice committee for age-group trials and named Kamran because the junior chief selector, the previous Pakistan cricketer was known as out by netizens on Twitter. Taking cognisance of the current improvement in Pakistan cricket, Kamran was hilariously trolled by Twitterati.
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Identified for his explosive batting type, Kamran made his worldwide debut in opposition to Zimbabwe on the Harare Sports activities Membership in 2002. Akmal performed 53 Checks and scored 2648 runs for Pakistan within the longest format. Within the 50-over format, the 41-year-old scored 3236 runs in 157 video games. Akmal additionally performed 58 T20Is for the previous world champions. Akmal recorded his remaining look for Pakistan in opposition to the West Indies on the Windfall Stadium in 2017.
Earlier, PCB had named former cricketer Haroon Rasheed because the chief selector of the senior workforce. Rasheed additionally served because the Pakistan chief selector between 2015 and 2016. Rasheed has taken over from Shahid Afridi, who was earlier appointed because the interim chief selector of the Pakistani nationwide aspect.
The newly appointed chief selector represented Pakistan in 23 Checks and 12 ODIs between 1977 and 1983. Babar-led Pakistan aspect will host New Zealand for a five-match T20I collection in April. Whereas the collection opener might be performed at Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, the fifth and remaining match might be contested at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on April 23.
