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Waqar Younis pens deal with Indian channel for IPL

The tournament which is set to begin from April 9, will feature nine teams from different parts of the country

Sports Desk April 07, 2016

PHOTO: AFP

Former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has signed a deal with Indian TV channel Sony to cover the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).

The tournament which is set to begin from April 9, will feature nine teams from different parts of the country, and will consist of 60 matches over the period of 50 days.

Waqar Younis steps down as Pakistan head coach

ESPN Cricinfo Pakistan correspondent Umar Farooq took to Twitter to announce the former head coach's deal with Sony. Later, Younis's wife confirmed the development.

@kalson Allah is great. If intentions are clean Allah always helps. Where 1 door closes, another opens. Money was never the issue!
— Faryal Waqar (@DrFaryalWaqar) April 7, 2016

The 44-year-old was forced to resign by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the aftermath of poor performances in the Asia Cup and Word T20, where the Men in Green managed to win three of eight matches.

PCB chief apologises to Waqar Younis over leaked confidential report

Waqar has represented Pakistan in 87 Tests and 262 ODIs, where he collectively picked 789 international wickets for Pakistan.

COMMENTS (17)

babloo | 8 years ago | Reply He will earn huge amount of money here

Ajay mehra | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistani players need job after their retirement for their needs .Pakistani player earn money from India Like wassem akram.according to wassem I m doing job in India for money otherwise PCB huv no money for their players.so guys you should thanx India .don't say India will get bowler of high value .ipl can run without Pakistani player

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singh | 8 years ago | Reply WY, welcome to India.

Mega | 8 years ago | Reply @ad: Waqar is offered commentary role not of that of coach. 2. Wasim was mentor of kolkata knight riders which had all country bowlers. He wasn't indian team coach. So ur facts right. @sunny u mean Pakistan? Since world tournament don't get held there for security and same reasons you mentioned. However all world tournaments -kabbadi, circket, tennis, F1 race get held india with millions foriegn tourist and sports fans attending it.

bharat | 8 years ago | Reply They should hire Indians instead.

Farhan | 8 years ago | Reply Happy to heard that, Now I will enjoy the IPL..

ad | 8 years ago | Reply @omar sadiq he is awesome bowler and coach,look out for what improvements he will bring in indian bowlers like wasim. A coach cant play himself and can only correct players who are willing to improve.

Sridhar Kaushik | 8 years ago | Reply @Omar Sadiq: What you are saying is Waqar deliberately did not do a good job for Pakistan as he had already been negotiating with Sony! That is absurd. One does not depend on the other.

sunny | 8 years ago | Reply India is an unsafe and dangerous country for foreign people. Waqar should reconsider going to extremist and dangerous country like India.

Sun Tzu | 8 years ago | Reply Waqar Bhai - welcome to India!! I hope you get Citizenship too.

Anon | 8 years ago | Reply @Omar Sadiq: You think someone like Waqar Younis would be out of a job for long? Keep disgracing your heroes and they'll keep leaving!

Anon | 8 years ago | Reply @Omar Sadiq: Grow up! The PCB is enough to destroy Pakistan cricket all by itself... it always has been. Occasionally extraordinary people have been able to contain the damage, but as an institution it is the most destructive thing in cricket. There isnt a single coach whos dealt with the PCB where the situation hasnt ended in tears... they cant all be wrong!

sal | 8 years ago | Reply @Omar Sadiq: Lol what a moronic comment.

Omar Sadiq | 8 years ago | Reply hmmmm....deals like this one are not something which happens overnight. Was this the reason why the Pak team's performance under Waqar was going from bad to worse??? To please his (future) masters and assist them in their plans to destroy Pak cricket.

SYED | 8 years ago | Reply Thank you Waqar Younis for doing this favor for Pakistan Cricket. Kindly continue there so Pakistan Cricket can regain the lost status.

Sanjit | 8 years ago | Reply Welcome to India, We respect you.

ad | 8 years ago | Reply After Wasim,India will get another bowler of high value i waqar. Its a matter of time from SonY to mentoring an IPL team like wasim.

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