LAHORE, July 23: Former Pakistan skipper, Hanif Muhammad,  popularly  known as “Little Master”  has  started  his coaching  assignment  at  the Regional Academy  at  Muridke  from Monday, a PCB spokesman said.

Hanif will continue his job at the academy till July 26.

The PCB has set up four regional academies in the country one each  at  Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Muridke to  hone  the skill of budding cricketers.

Hanif  had been impressed with the abundance of  talent  among the boys who too were excited at being coached by a world  famous cricketer.

Hanif  began his work out with the boys in the right  earnest, who  had former Test cricketers Aqib Javed and Azhar Khan as regular coaches at the academy.