Question: On 4 April 2016 who has resigned as Pakistan’s cricket team head coach?
(a) Waqar Younis
(b) Wasim Akram
(c) Inzamam-ul-Haq
(d) Abdul Qadir
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 4 April 2016 Waqar Younis has resigned as Pakistan’s cricket team head coach.
- Younis said the said the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) failed to implement his recommendations after the 2015 World Cup
- He first coached the side in 2010-11 and re appointed as the head coach of the team in 2014.
- The performance of Pakistan cricket team was very disappointing in the World Twenty20 in India and the Asia Cup in Bangladesh.
- Pakistan won only three of the eight games they played at the World Twenty20 and the Asia Cup.
- On 3 April 2016, before Waqar Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi had resigned from his post.
- Afridi however will continue to play one-day international cricket and T20 internationals.
- On 5 April 2016 Wicket keeper and batsman Sarfraz Ahmed has been named as the Twenty20 captain of Pakistan Cricket Team.
Reference:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/995183.html
http://www.dawn.com/news/1249929
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/994471.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/waqar-younis-resigns-as-pakistan-cricket-team-coach/
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/04/waqar-younis-resigns-pakistan-coach
http://sports.ndtv.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/news/257138-waqar-younis-resigns-as-pakistan-cricket-coach