Mansoor Rana (Urdu: منصُور رانا), (born 27 December 1962) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals. Despite scoring more than 12,000 runs in first-class cricket, he was unable to break into his country's Test cricket side, due to the presence of Javed Miandad, Salim Malik and others. He is one cricket coach who has won domestic trophies as a coach for Lahore, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. Later, he was appointed as the head coach for Pak u19s cricket team that won the World cup in 2006 in Srilanka. Then he coached Pakistan Woman's Team and led them to win their first Gold Medal in the Asian Games 2010 in China. He is currently serving as the manager of the Pakistan Cricket Team.

Mansoor Rana
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 2 205 145
Runs scored 15 12,026 3,270
Batting average 7.50 42.95 30.27
100s/50s 0/0 25/71 0/20
Top score 10 207* 83
Balls bowled 6 1,243 500
Wickets 0 20 13
Bowling average 35.75 32.84
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/31 2/3
Catches/stumpings 0/– 87/– 46/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2024

Rana is the son of former Pakistani cricket umpire Shakoor Rana and brother of Maqsood Rana. Azmat Rana was his uncle.[1]

He started coaching later in his career, under his coaching Pakistan under19 won the World Cup in 2006 in Sri Lanka. Later, he was appointed as head coach of the Pakistan's Women Team that won the gold medal in the 2010 Asian games. On September 16, 2019, he was announced as team Team Operations, Logistics & Administrative Manager manager of Pakistan men's cricket team.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Khan, Khalid H. (June 2, 2015). "Former Pakistan cricketer Azmat Rana passes away". DAWN.COM.
  2. ^ "Pakistan announces 20 probable players for Sri Lanka series". GEO TV. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.