Lahore: Sri Lanka Cricket Board appointed former cricketer Aqib Javed as bowling coach.
While talking, Pakistan’s former Test cricketer, coach and Lahore Qalandar’s director of operations Aqib Javed called the appointment of bowling coach with the Sri Lankan board as an honor.
Aqib Javed said that the Sri Lankan Board officials contacted a week ago. It will be an honor to work as a bowling coach with the former T20 World Champion team. Sri Lanka is a very talented team and especially in T20, they have always come out as a dangerous team.
Aqib Javed is leaving for Colombo on Sunday to take charge. Currently, his contract will be till the World Cup T20 which can be extended later. Aqib Javed, who has the experience of playing 163 ODIs and 22 Test matches for Pakistan and a member of the winning team of the World Cup 1992, is responsible for coaching with the Pakistan junior and senior teams. The lines are done. He has also worked with the United Arab Emirates team.
Aqib Javed described the Sri Lankan bowlers as rich in talent and said that in the form of Muralitharan, Chaminda Vas and Malinga, Sri Lanka kept cricket under its spell while in batting, Rana Tonga, D’Silva, Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Heroes like Kumarasingakara emerged. In the current team, Madushanka, Hasaranga have impressed a lot. Other bowlers can also go a long way. I will try to make the bowling line of the Sri Lankan team stronger with my experience.
