ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Big SETBACK for Pakistan, Misbah steps down as head coach, Waqar Younis also resigns

With the New Zealand side due to arrive on September 11 for the three ODI and five T20I series and the Pakistan side to assemble in Islamabad on September 8, the PCB has appointed Saqlain Mushtaq and Abdul Razzaq as interim coaches for the series, with the team management for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 to be appointed in due course.

Pakistan men's national cricket team suffered a big setback ahead of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in UAE as their head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis have stepped down from their respective roles. They communicated their decisions to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) late on Monday (September 6) morning. With the New Zealand side due to arrive on September 11 for the three ODI and five T20I series and the Pakistan side to assemble in Islamabad on September 8, the PCB has appointed Saqlain Mushtaq and Abdul Razzaq as interim coaches for the series, with the team management for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 to be appointed in due course. "Misbah and Waqar were appointed in September 2019 and still had a year each left in their contracts," PCB said in its official statement.