Waqar Younis 'to get key job', share Naqvi's powers in PCB

 Ex-pacer to be allowed power over issues to int'l and homegrown cricket,selection panel and players' NOCs

July 30, 2024

Waqar Younis to share director's powers, supervise cricket undertakings.

Pacer to go with choices in regards to int'l, homegrown cricket.

Mohsin Naqvi will share powers, center around regulatory issues.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Administrator Mohsin Naqvi has chosen to name previous veteran cricketer Waqar Younis and share his powers inside the board with the previous pacer, sources told Geo News on Tuesday.

Younis, the sources added, will investigate cricket-related undertakings though PCB boss Naqvi, who likewise needs to satisfy his obligations as the country's inside serve, will zero in on authoritative issues of the board including those connected with the forthcoming 2025 Heroes Prize, which Pakistan is set to have among February and Walk one year from now.

Under the dynamic job liable to be given to the ex-cricketer, he would have the power to manage different issues connected with global and homegrown cricket, the determination council and the issue of No Complaint Endorsements (NOCs) of the players.

As per the PCB Constitution 2014, the administrator of the board has the ability to appoint his capacity to somebody and that is the manner by which Younis will be provided the ability to go with every one of the choices connected with the group.

Naqvi's vision is to include senior cricketers in significant parts of cricket, they added.

Recently, the executive had met multiple dozen previous and current cricketers of Pakistan to examine the fate of cricket in the country.

Naqvi guaranteed the execution of the ideas in the gathering and said that five or six things that cricketers in the gathering referenced would be carried out.

On the idea of Yasir Hameed, previous Test cricketer, the PCB boss said that cricket foundations will be implicit Islamabad and Peshawar. The norm of grounds will likewise be gotten to the next level.

He said that four-day cricket would be given most extreme need, mentors would be given more schooling, and qualified mentors would be employed.

The administrator said that five homegrown groups will be framed, and aside from their mentors, there will likewise be five tutors.