Background
Kabir Khan was born in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in 1979. He is an ethnic Pashtun and his father hails from Afghanistan.
Kabir Khan was born in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in 1979. He is an ethnic Pashtun and his father hails from Afghanistan.
He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for the Pakistan national cricket team He was the coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team, before resiging his post citing interference with the Afghanistan board management. on 31 December 2011 he was again appointed coach of Afghanistan national cricket team for a period of 3 Years. He is the key person to take Afghanistan to 2010 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20 and 2012 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20.
Playing career A seam bowler with considerable pace, Khan first played on the Sri Lankan tour of 1994-1995, and made sporadic one-day appearances for the next six years.
However, he never established a long-term role in the side, having only participated in ten One Day International, finding it tough to break into a Pakistan side sporting both Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. This was despite a respectable bowling average of just over 25.
Khan ended up playing 4 Test matches and 10 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. He still plays league cricket in the United Kingdom, currently for Stirling County Cricket Club in Scotland as the club"s professional.
After retiring from first-class cricket last in 2005, Kabir became the coach of the Habib Bank Limited cricket team side and after gaining experience there, he coached the United Arab Emirates national cricket team
Khan is a highly qualified ECB Level 3 coach. Khan was the coach of Afghanistan national cricket team and guided them from the 2008 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cricket League Division Five, through Division Four and Division Three to One Day International status during the 2009 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cup Qualifier. This led Gul"s brother Karim Sadiq to quit the national setup, citing what he called "injustices" and "wrong policies", accusing national coach Kabir Khan of not acting in the best interest of the team
Sadiq later returned to play for Afghanistan.
He guided Afghanistan to victory in the 2010 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20 Qualifier, which allowed them to historically qualify for the 2010 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20. During the tournament Afghanistan lost both of their matches to India and South Africa.
On 19 August 2010, Khan quit as the Afghanistan coach, citing interference from officials in the Afghanistan Cricket Board during their tour to Scotland. Khan left Afghanistan top of the Intercontinental Cup and ranked 13th in the world in one-day cricket.
On 2 October 2010, Khan took over as the coach of United Arab Emirates. Kabir Khan was given a 3-year contract to coach Afghanistan on 31 December 2011.