Gary Kirsten is a former cricket player and coach from South Africa. He presently serves as the limited overs cricket team’s head coach for Pakistan. Both the South African and Indian cricket teams have been coached by him in the past. The PCB announced on Sunday that Gary Kirsten. The former head coach of the Indian squad that won the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. And has been named the head coach of the Pakistan white ball side.
In the meanwhile, Azhar Mahmood has been confirmed as the Test team’s assistant coach across all formats. And former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has been named head coach. After a hiring process, the three appointments were made for a two-year term, according to the PCB.
Pakistan Cricket Board named Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as Head coaches
Renowned coaches Jason Gillespie and Gary Kirsten have been named head coaches of Test, ODI, and T20 cricket. By the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Azhar Mahmood, a former all-rounder for Pakistan, was also named assistant coach for all formats. Kirsten will take on this job in advance of Pakistan’s May 22–23 visit of England. Which will include four Twenty20 Internationals before the T20 World Cup in June.
These appointments follow Pakistan’s search for a permanent head coach. Which was spurred by the team’s poor showing in the 50-over World Cup last year and led to a number of coaching staff changes. Following their underwhelming performance in the ICC tournament. Pakistan made a number of changes, including removing captain Babar Azam and replacing him with pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi. For white-ball cricket and Shan Masood for Test cricket.
New coach Gary motive to unite Pakistan’s white-ball side
The objective of Pakistan’s white-ball coach Gary Kirsten is to bring the Babar Azam-led team together and use their combined skills to succeed on the pitch. Gary Kirsten, who was recently named as Pakistan’s white-ball coach, expressed his gratitude for being given the opportunity to lead the country’s men’s national side in white-ball cricket. His intention, Kirsten continued, is to bring the Pakistan men’s white-ball team together by directing their exceptional abilities toward a single goal.
Kirsten’s appointment as coach of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a big step up for him after he had successful periods as an Indian and South African coach in the past. This announcement was made lately. Kirsten, the squad’s new coach, wants to help the Pakistani men’s national team succeed.
Why Kirsten didn’t joined Indian team, despite having good relations with team ?
Indian cricket fans may be questioning why Gary did not apply earlier for the head coach role of squad India, given that he has already joined the Pakistan cricket squad. Gary will need to make a significant sacrifice if he want to collaborate with Team India once more, and there is a significant reason for this. Gary has a lot of Indian supporters because he was the head coach of Team India for a long time.
From 2008 to 2011, Gary, the Team India head coach who succeeded Greg Chappell, collaborated closely with MS Dhoni. India finally ended their 28-year drought to win the 2011 World Cup trophy under his leadership. They also had unprecedented success in Test cricket and made history by rising to the top of the ICC rankings. Gary never again worked with Team India, but he made a lasting impression on Indian cricket.
A coach affiliated with Team India (men or women, U19 or India A) is not permitted to work with any other team or an IPL franchise, as per BCCI regulations. He needs to give Indian cricket his whole attention. In order to work with the India A and U19 teams, Rahul Dravid was forced to resign from his position as head coach of the Delhi Capitals in 2017. The other IPL coaches also resigned from their positions.
