Waqar Younis Maitla (Punjabi: وقار یونس, born 16 November 1971) is a former Pakistani right-arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time.^[4] Waqar is current coach of Pakistan Cricket team.^[5]

As of 2012, he holds the record for the youngest Pakistani Test captain and the third youngest Test captain in history (22 years 15 days).^[6] He played 87 Tests and 262 One Day International (ODI) matches for Pakistan during his international cricket career from 1989 to 2003.^[7]

Younis' trademark was his ability to reverse swing a cricket ball at high speed.^[8] He took 373 Test wickets and 416 One Day International wickets during his career. Together with bowling partner Wasim Akram, he formed one of the world's most feared bowling attacks.^[9] Younis has the best strike rate for any bowler with over 350 Test wickets.^[10] He worked as a bowling coach with the national side from 2006 to 2007.^[11] Waqar was appointed as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3 March 2010.^[12][13] He resigned as Pakistan's cricket coach on 19 August 2011 citing personal reasons.^[14][15] He joined Sunrisers Hyderabad as their bowling coach for the Indian Premier League 2013 season.^[16]