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Champions Trophy Younis Khan: Teams have now started preparations for the Champions Trophy. Its schedule has already been released by ICC. The first match will be played on 19 January. However, except England, the squad of any other team has not been announced yet. Meanwhile, Afghanistan cricket team has played a big bet. The T20 World Cup winner, who has won the Champions Trophy under his captaincy, has been made the new mentor of the team. We are talking about former captain of Pakistan cricket team Younis Khan. It is believed that Younis Khan will be seen in the role of mentor only for the Champions Trophy.
Younis Khan will be Afghanistan’s mentor for Champions Trophy
Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan will serve as Afghanistan’s mentor in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. According to a report by Cricbuzz, an official of the Afghanistan Cricket Board has confirmed this on Wednesday. Even before this, Younis Khan has been associated with the Afghanistan team. He has worked as the batting coach of the Afghanistan team in the year 2022. ACB spokesperson Syed Naseem Sadat said that Younis Khan has been appointed as mentor for Champions Trophy 2025. The big thing is that the Afghanistan team will play all its league matches in Pakistan and they can get the benefit of including the former captain of Pakistan with the team.
Younis Khan has been a legendary player of Pakistan
Younis Khan is counted among the great players and captains of Pakistan. Younis Khan is one of the few greats to have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests for Pakistan. He has played more than 100 test matches for Pakistan. He has also scored a triple century in Tests for Pakistan. In 2009, when the Pakistani team won the T20 World Cup title, Younis Khan was the captain of the team. He has also been the batting coach of the Pakistani team.
The entire team will be announced soon
Afghanistan team is in a tough group of Australia, England and South Africa in the Champions Trophy, where even a win would be a big thing for them. Afghanistan team’s first match will be against South Africa on 21 February. After this, the team will face England on 26 February and in the last league match it will face Australia on 28 February. Although the Afghanistan Cricket Board has not announced the team yet, it is believed that the entire team will be announced before January 12.
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