ESPNcricinfo staff07-Aug-2023 • 1 hr ago

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed the chief selector of the national team for a second time. The post had remained vacant since Haroon Rasheed quit as chief selector last month.

ESPNcricinfo understands Inzamam will no longer be part of the PCB's cricket technical committee, which he was appointed to last week.

Inzamam is likely to form his own team to facilitate selection decisions, but it is unlikely that a multiple-member selection panel will be officially appointed. For now, it's understood the squads will be announced after discussions with the head coach and the team director.

Inzamam, who was also chief selector from 2016 to 2019, begins his second term ahead of a crucial period for the Pakistan side. His first task will be the announcement of a squad for the three-ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka, which begins on August 22. It will be followed by the ODI Asia Cup. Those two squads will be announced by Inzamam at a press conference on August 10.

Inzamam, who named the squad for the 2019 World Cup as chief selector, will also be tasked with selecting the 2023 ODI World Cup squad. The tournament takes place in India from October 5 to November 19.

Inzamam had been appointed to the PCB's cricket technical committee last week alongside Mohammad Hafeez, with Misbah-ul-Haq heading it. One of the tasks the technical committee had was to appoint the national selection committees, though the PCB said the decision to appoint the chief selector was made by the board's chairman Zaka Ashraf, rather than the committee he appointed to make decisions of this nature.

While the role in the cricket technical committee was unpaid, the chief selector will be remunerated. The PCB confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that a replacement for Inzamam in the technical committee would be announced in due course.