Pakistan: Plea filed in Lahore High Court against Misbah-ul-Haq?

A petition was filed in Lahore High Court which demands former captain Misbah-ul-Haq to step down immediately as head coach of Pakistan National Team.

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According to a report in a leading media publication, Syed Ali Zahid Bokhari – who is a lawyer by profession – has filed petition against appointment of Misbah as head-coach and chief selector of Pakistan National Team.

In his application, petitioner has mentioned that performance of Pakistan which recently lost T20I series against Sri Lanka will get worse if Misbah continues to be Pakistan head coach. He furr asked court to pass a stay order and restrain respondent from working immediately.

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However, court told petitioner that it does t have right to decide who should play and who should t. But judge sent a tice to PCB and expects a reply by next week. In his main petition, lawyer had mentioned that Misbah had experience which is required to coach a team.

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Misbah's appointment to please PM?

Misbah’s appointment as head coach who replaced Mickey Arthur had been made secretly without considering his merit. Imran Khan and Misbah are distant maternal cousins and that PCB had appointed Misbah as coach to please Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Pakistan faced an embarrassing loss against a second-string Sri Lankan side in three-match T20I series where y were whitewashed which has raised a lot of questions on ir team manment. Misbah's first stint as coach of Pakistan team did t go as he would have expected. Following this humiliating loss, PCB sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain in Test and T20Is. Azhar Ali was named captain of Test side whereas Babar Azam was named captain of T20I side.

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