Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief selector Mohsin Khan in his new role as interim coach promises to install self-belief in the national team. Waqar Younis resigned after the Zimbabwe series and Mohsin came in as a make shift arrangement for the upcoming series in UAE against Sri Lanka with the regular the PCB still in hunt for a regular coach for the tea. Mohsin said that the upcoming series is a big challenge for him.
“You get great satisfactions when you meet a challenge head on. During my playing days I faced some of the greatest fast bowlers of all times which was a huge challenge, but I faced that challenge and did it to the best of my ability,” he said. “As a coach I believe it is my duty to raise the team’s morale and unity as well as self-belief,” Mohsin said. “After God, you are your own best judge, therefore I would want to judge myself after the series against Sri Lanka, so let’s see how that series goes before looking too far ahead,” Khan said.
Khan added that his aim was to serve the country in everyway way possible. “I was asked to perform the role of chief selector and I am doing that to the best of my ability, now the board has asked me to take on another commitment and that is the role of coach for the series against Sri Lanka and I will look to also meet this challenge,” said Khan. The Test series against Sri Lanka commences on October 18 at Abu Dhabi and concludes in Sharjah, with the final Test beginning on November 3.
“I’m hopeful that we will have a successful series against Sri Lanka and I look forward to working with the captain, players, the team management and the support staff on that tour, so that we can all build on the momentum gained by Pakistan cricket recently,” he said. “It is my desire to see Pakistan cricket improve further and I will do my best to make that happen,” Khan said. The series against Sri Lanka starts from Oct 18.