PCB and The Dilemma of Batting Coach

The requirements of modern cricket are completely different from those of 1990s. In those days only one coach was good enough for the coaching of the players. Now-a-days different cricket boards are appointing different coaches for different fields according to their weakness.  But the planning of Pakistan cricket boards is different from all other boards. This is an obvious fact that Pakistani batting line is not reliable. There are talented batsmen in Pakistan cricket team but they required grooming. So, therefore, a batting coach is compulsion of Pakistan cricket team, but inspite appointment of one enthusiastic batting coach, PCB had appointed two bowling coaches in the shape of Waqar Younis and Aqib Javed. Although the responsibilities of Waqar Younis are of head coach but as we know that he was pure bowler, therefore, one cannot expect from him that he will coach the team in batting field.  The only perplexing question is, what are the hurdles in appointment of Batting Coach for Pakistan Cricket Team.  Demand for batting coach was there before the world cup but PCB ignored it.  Pakistan cricket fans were expecting that PCB will realize the importance of batting coach after World cup and will appoint a batting coach, but amazingly PCB is still not interesting. It adopted the same stupid method, that we are trying to make agree Javed Miandad, and as often Javed Miandad is not agree. Shahid Afridi has very rightly said that If Javed is not agree then appoint some one else.

Pakistan has potential players of the past whom can meet the responsibilities. Players like Saeed Anwar, Basit Ali, Rameez Raja and Mohsin Hassan Khan can contribute positively. So, this is not a hard task for PCB, PCB can meet this responsibility easily by appointing one of the above legends as batting coach.

When Waqar Younis was performing the duties of Bowling Coach and Aqib Javed was out of the team management during tour to Sri Lanka of Pakistan cricket team few years ago, I heard him so many times, that If I am on the place of Waaqr Younis, I will not travel with the team and will prefer to perform my duties in academies, but now when Waqar Younis is there with the team, Aqib has forgotten his words and is traveling with the team regularly. So, in the best interest of team he should perform his duties in the academies and should empty his seat for batting coach in the best interest of Pakistan cricket team.