Viv Richards: Legendary West Indian likely to coach Pakistan for Asia Cup 2016, ICC World T20

Richards also described current head coach of Pakistan,​ Waqar Younis, as a legend.

Karachi: Former West Indies skipper Sir Vivian Richards is likely to join the Pakistan squad for the upcoming ICC World T20 as a batting consultant.

As per the report in the Express Tribune, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that it was in talks with Richards to take on the batting consultant role for the upcoming T20 pinnacle event.

Few days back, Richards had expressed his desire to coach the Pakistan cricket team, saying that he will definitely give it a shot if he would be given an offer by the country' cricket board.

However, at the same time, Richards also described current head coach Waqar Younis as a legend and said that the former pace spearhead has been doing a magnificent job for the team.

At the moment, the 63-year-old West Indian is giving his services to Quetta Gladiators in the on-going Pakistan Super League (PSL) as a mentor.