Inzamam to coach Afghanistan for Zimbabwe tour

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Inzamam to coach Afghanistan for Zimbabwe tour. (© Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

Inzamam to coach Afghanistan for Zimbabwe tour: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed temporary coach of the Afghanistan cricket team for their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Inzamam accepted to a 25-day stint to coach Afghanistan on their tour of the African nation, where they play five one-dayers and two T20Is starting October 16.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board and Inzamam confirmed that the appointment is only for the tour of Zimbabwe.

“I have accepted the role of the Afghanistan team’s coach only for the tour of Zimbabwe, It will be exciting and I would love to put their enormous passion on the right track” Inzamam said.

Inzamam also said the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had been pursuing him for two years. “They offered me the role of the head coach and had been after me for the last two years… Now they have asked me to help them for the Zimbabwe series, which I have agreed,” Inzamam added.

Inzamam is the third Pakistan cricketer after former wicket keeper-batsman Rashid Latif and former all-rounder Kabir Khan to coach the Afghans. Inzamam’s last stint as a coach was with the Pakistan national team, where the PCB had appointed him as the batting consultant in 2012-13.

Talking about the Afghanistan team Inzamam opined

“They are aggressive and passionate which could be both good and bad if it is not controlled… So I will try to teach them that control and how to use their passion in the right manner.”

The 45 year-old Inzamam retired from international cricket in 2007 having amassed 8830 runs in 120 Tests at an average of more than 49 while he scored 11739 runs in 378 ODIs.

Afghanistan have played three World Twenty20 editions, and also qualified for the 50-over World Cup in 2015, which was their maiden appearance at the showpiece event.

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