Mohsin Khan, who was interim coach of the current Pakistan cricket team which won both the Test and ODI series against Sri Lanka, said he preferred the role of a coach to that of a selector. The chief selector of the Pakistan team was named as interim coach for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series, which ends on Friday in Abu Dhabi and the former opening Test batsman was quoted by Gulf News as saying that he preferred ‘Coaching’.
With the PCB looking for a full time coach and Khan having been successful on this tour (Pakistan won the Test series 1-0 and the 5-match ODI series 3-1) the interim coach seems to have thrown his hat into the ring.
When asked whether as selector and coach there was any conflict of interest, Khan said, “Well I’m not a selector now. Because this is my request to the PCB that if I go as a coach with the team release me from the duties as a selector,” he said. “I feel that a selection job and coaching job, both are very difficult, demanding and thankless jobs. So I would request that if the PCB wants me to do many jobs at the same time I’m ready to do it but if you ask from the bottom of my heart I want to do only one at a time and concentrate on that completely,” he said. “When I was leaving Karachi on this tour somebody asked me a question: You have got a job which is for one month and few days. What do you feel? I said, for cricket even if I have to serve for one day I will do it and so whenever my board needs my services I’m ready to give it since I owe it to my country.” “Senior players must realize they should do whatever they can for the betterment of cricket. We should be really jumping on that,” Khan said.
