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 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, through
Division Four and
Division Three to
One Day International status during the
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. Shortly after Afghanistan achieved ODI status, Khan dropped
Hasti Gul for their first
first-class match in the
ICC Intercontinental Cup match against
Zimbabwe XI. 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 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, which allowed them to historically qualify for the
2010 ICC 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. In October 2010, Khan was appointed head coach of the
United Arab Emirates national cricket team on a three-year contract. However, he left the UAE to return for a further stint as coach of Afghanistan in December 2011. He oversaw the team's qualification for the
2012 ICC World Twenty20 and the
2015 Cricket World Cup, resigning in September 2014 for personal reasons. Khan was appointed head coach of
Saudi Arabia in 2021. He coached the team to victory at the
2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup in Thailand. ==References==