Inzamam-Ul-Haq has returned as Pakistan men’s cricket team’s chief selector. This will be Inzamam’s second tenure as the chief selector, having been given the same role in 2016. He left after his term finished three years later in 2019. PCB chief Zaka Ashraf is attempting to create a new setup for the national team.
Former Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed as the chief selector of the Pakistan men’s cricket team ahead of the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Inzamam, Pakistan’s chief selector from 2016 to 2019, returns ahead of a critical period for the national team.
His first task will be to name a squad for Pakistan’s three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka, which begins on August 22. It will be followed by the Asia Cup ODIs. Inzamam, who named the squad for the 2019 World Cup, will also be in charge of naming the squad for the 2023 World Cup. The tournament runs from October 5 to November 19 in India.
Following the appointment of Zaka Ashraf as chairperson of the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 70-year-old is attempting to create a new set-up for the national team. Thus the decision has been made to bring Inzamam back into the fold. Meanwhile, team director Mickey Arthur and head coach Grant Bradburn are on the selection committee. But they will be informed about their status soon.
Inzamam was also appointed to the PCB’s cricket technical committee last week alongside Mohammad Hafeez, with Misbah-ul-Haq heading it. One of the tasks the technical committee had was to appoint the national selection committees, though the PCB said the decision to appoint the chief selector was made by the board’s chairman Zaka Ashraf, rather than the committee he appointed to make decisions of this nature.
While the role in the cricket technical committee was unpaid, the chief selector will be remunerated. The PCB confirmed that a replacement for Inzamam in the technical committee would be announced in due course.