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Former Pakistan captain to mentor Afghanistan in Champions Trophy 2025

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has been appointed as a mentor for the Afghanistan cricket team in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy will kick off on 19 February with host and defending champions Pakistan taking on New Zealand in the curtain-raiser in Karachi.

Sayeed Naseem Sadat, the spokesman for the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), on Wednesday confirmed that the cricket board has officially brought on Younis Khan for the mega-event.

“ACB has assigned former experienced top order Pakistani player Younis Khan as Mentor for Champions Trophy 2025,” Sadat said while talking to Indian media. “He [Younis] will join the team before the event starts in Pakistan.”

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Younis will leverage his extensive coaching experience to assist Afghanistan by utilizing his knowledge of conditions in Pakistan.

The former captain is considered a legend in Pakistan cricket, having led the country to their only ICC T20 World Cup title in 2009. He is also the only Pakistani batter to cross the 10,000-run barrier in Test cricket.

He has also worked with the Pakistan and Afghanistan cricket teams as a batting consultant for a brief period in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

In franchise cricket, the legendary batter has worked with Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) while in the recent past he worked as head coach for the Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

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