Kaizer Chiefs defender Thatayaone Ditlhokwe has been tasked with moving on to complete the AFCON qualification mission by South African coach Morena Ramoreboli.
Ditlhokwe now has Ramoreboli as his interim head coach in the Botswana national team, where he has been called up again despite having played no football at Chiefs this season.
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The Zebras will play Mauritania on November 15 in Francistown, before travelling to Cairo to play Egypt four days later.
With those two games, Botswana will be aiming to maintain their second place in Group C and achieve qualification for only the second time in their history after going through in 2012.
Ditlhokwe – who has been captain of Botswana for the past five years – has also led the Zebras for all of the latest qualification campaign even though he has had no minutes at club level.
The 26-year-old has not played competitive football for the Soweto giants since the end of last season in May.
The last time that he saw action in an official match was in the last game of the past season, which ended in defeat against Cape Town Spurs on May 25.
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Since then, so much has happened at Naturena with his place taken by Rushwin Dortley, leaving him stranded on the bench or the stands.
Yet, instead of waning away, Ditlhokwe has kept himself fresh and relevant on the international stage, playing every minute for Botswana in the last six games.