Pakistan Cricket Board retain Muhammad Yousuf and Asad Shafiq in revamped selection panel – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has retained former players Muhammad Yousuf and Asad Shafiq in the revamped selection committee for the upcoming home Test series against Bangladesh next month.

The decision comes after the recent reorganization within the PCB’s selection panel.

Yousuf and Shafiq were part of the previous selection committee that picked the T20 World Cup squad. After the team’s failure to advance beyond the first round in the tournament, PCB removed members Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq but decided to keep Yousuf and Shafiq.

Yousuf also served as the batting coach, while Riaz acted as the senior team manager during tours to Ireland, England and the World Cup.

The new selection committee will include the captains and head coaches of the red and white-ball teams. All the members, including Yousuf and Shafiq, will hold voting rights and decision-making authority.

The board has also included non-voting members in the committee, such as assistant team coach Azhar Mahmood and four PCB board members/employees. These include the advisor to PCB Chairman Bilal Afzal, Manager of Analytics and Team Strategy Hassan Cheema, Director of High-Performance Nadeem Khan, and Director of International Cricket Usman Wahla.

The restructured committee is tasked with selecting the squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh, part of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle.

The matches are scheduled to take place in Rawalpindi from August 21-25 and in Karachi from August 30-September 3.