Member of the 2009 T20 World Cup winning squad and former Pakistan cricketer Sohail Tanvir has been appointed as head of the junior selection committee.
Sohail made his international debut in 2007 and made two Test, 62 ODI and 57 T20I appearances for Pakistan. He picked up 130 wickets and scored 612 runs across the three formats.
Sohail Tanvir’s first assignment as chairperson of the junior selection committee will be the selection of the Pakistan U19 squad for the 2023 ACC U19 Asia Cup scheduled to be held between 8 and 17 December in UAE.
Pakistan U19 will later take part in the ICC U19 World Cup from 13 January to 4 February in Sri Lanka.
Watch Pakistan Cup 2023 Live on ARY ZAP
Commenting on his appointment, Sohail Tanvir thanked the PCB Management Committee chairman Zaka Ashraf providing him with the opportunity.
“I am truly honoured and grateful for the opportunity provided by Chairman PCB Management Committee Mr Zaka Ashraf to serve as head of the junior selection committee.
“Being appointed chairman of this committee is a huge responsibility and I am looking forward to this exciting challenge.
“I believe in the potential of our young talent and we collaboratively aim to build a pathway for success from the grassroots to the international level.
“Our first task will be the selection of the U19 squad for upcoming ACC U19 Asia Cup, as we prepare to build a strong team to compete in the ICC U19 World Cup later next year.”
Follow us on our Official WhatsApp channel
Besides him, legendary batter Mohammad Yousuf was named the head coach of the Pakistan Men’s U19 team.
Yousuf, who has previously served as batting coach of the Pakistan Men’s Team and at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, is one of Pakistan’s most distinguished batters.
He scored 7,530 Test and 9,720 ODI runs in a career spanning from 1998 to 2010 and holds the record for the most Test runs in a calendar year when he amassed 1788 runs in the format in 2006.
READ: Wahab Riaz named chief selector of Pakistan men’s cricket team