Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday re-appointed former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as chief selector for a second time.

The 53-year-old Inzamam had earlier held the position of chief selector between 2016 and 2019. During his tenure, Pakistan managed to get to the No.1 position in the Test rankings apart from winning the Champions Trophy title in 2017.

The 1992 World Cup winner had given his consent last week to become a national selector.

Inzamam has played 120 Tests, scoring 8830 runs at an average of 49.60 with 25 hundreds and 46 fifties.

From 378 ODIs, Inzamam amassed 11739 runs at 39.52 with 10 centuries and 83 fifties. He had also played a lone T20I for his country.

In his latest role as the chief selector, Inzamam will succeed Haroon Rasheed who stepped down last month.

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

Some very important assignments are in front of Inzamam as his primary task will be to name the Pakistan squad for the 50-over World Cup to be held in India across October and November.

It may be recalled that Inzamam had picked the Pakistan squad for the ICC World Cup 2019 as well and had travelled with the team to England during their disastrous campaign.

Apart from the World Cup, Inzamam will also have to pick the Pakistan teams for Asia Cup, scheduled to take place at home and in Sri Lanka between August 31 and September 17, and the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, beginning August 22.

While the role in the cricket technical committee was unpaid, the chief selector’s job includes a remuneration.

Written with PTI inputs