Zimbabwe head coach Lalchand Rajput will miss the upcoming tour of Pakistan due to travel restrictions. Zimbabwe is touring Pakistan to play 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs starting from October 30.
“@ZimCricketv head coach @Lalchandrajput7 will miss the @TheRealPCB tour after the Embassy of India in Harare wrote to @ZimCricketv asking that he be exempted from visiting Pakistan. The Embassy of Pakistan in Harare had issued a visa to Rajput,” Zimbabwe Cricket informed via a tweet from the official handle.
@ZimCricketv head coach @Lalchandrajput7 will miss the @TheRealPCB tour after the Embassy of India in Harare wrote to @ZimCricketv asking that he be exempted from visiting Pakistan. The Embassy of Pakistan in Harare had issued a visa to Rajput.#PAKvZIM | #LalchandRajput pic.twitter.com/LQ7LExKFic
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) October 20, 2020
Rajput, 58, represented India in six international games – four ODIs and two Tests – between 1985 and 1987. He was appointed as Zimbabwe’s full-time coach in August 2018, after the team’s failure to qualify for the 2019 World Cup. Zimbabwe have appointment bowling coach Douglas Hondo as the interim head coach for the Pakistan tour.
INTERIM HEAD COACH: With @Lalchandrajput7 unavailable, @ZimCricketv has appointed bowling coach Douglas Hondo to take charge of the team for the three ODIs and as many T20Is games against @TheRealPCB. All the best, Doug and the boys! #PAKvZIM | #VisitZimbabwe | #BowlOutCovid19 pic.twitter.com/5YxLmwRk5s
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) October 20, 2020
“INTERIM HEAD COACH: With @Lalchandrajput7 unavailable, @ZimCricketv has appointed bowling coach Douglas Hondo to take charge of the team for the three ODIs and as many T20Is games against @TheRealPCB. All the best, Doug and the boys!,” Zimbabwe cricket said.
Earlier today, Zimbabwe squad had landed in Islamabad for the limited-overs series. This will be Zimbabwe’s first tour of Pakistan since 2015 when they became the first Full Member to visit the country after the terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009.