Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq believes that the ego of coach can have an adverse effect in the team’s performance and the coach and the players must have respect for each other.
His views came at the time when the Pakistan Cricket Board is pondering hiring a new coach for the national team. All kinds of observations have been coming to the fore due to the history of rifts between players and coaches in the past. The majority of experts are endorsing an idea of having a foreign coach for the national cricket team. The recent bitter row between the former coach Waqar Younis and ex-skipper Shahid Khan Afridi made everyone, including the players, cautious in their remarks on the issue.
Razzaq said that the coach and players should refrain from crossing their respective limits because it could trigger trouble within the setup. “I think too much interference triggers problem, it does not only put pressure on the players but on the coach as well”, said Abdul Razzaq in a television interview. “The coach should not have an ego problem, it hampers progress”, said Razzaq, who has played 46 Tests, 262 ODIs & 26 T20Is for Pakistan.
After Waqar Younis’ resignation, the PCB appointed a three-member committee includes Intikhab Alam, Col (R) Naushad Ali and Zaheer Abbass with Ramiz Raja as their aide, for hiring services of a new coach. The committee has short listed five candidates for the post while the final decision will be taken after PCB chairman’s approval. Waqar Younis resigned from the job before the tour of Zimbabwe on medical ground. In the meantime, the PCB appointed former chief selector Mohsin Hassan Khan as the interim coach.
