Gary Kirsten, whom PCB appointed as coach, curtailed his rights – his resignation was certain to come
Delhi: The team's white ball coach Gary Kirsten resigned. News about any such coach is no longer a big deal in today's professional era. When such news comes from Pakistan cricket, both its color and mood change. The truth is that at a time when no coach of great reputation wants to be associated with Pakistan cricket, every day the newspapers there are publishing stories of the ill-treatment meted out to the previous coaches Mickey Arthur and Grant Bradburn and only a few months are left. While playing the Champions Trophy in Pakistan itself (where Pakistan has to defend its title), the circumstances were created by the Pakistan Cricket Board in such a way that Kirsten resigned. There was no proper post mortem yet on Kirsten's role with the Pakistan team due to lack of matches and the coach resigned.
How was this news received in the cricket world? No one said that Kirsten abandoned her responsibilities and 'ran away'. This whole farce has only tarnished the image of Pakistan cricket and its way of working. In this uncertainty and lack of proper system, will the board be able to attract any top foreign coach further? For now, the board has done 'damage control' and convinced Test team coach Jason Gillespie to take up the duty of white ball coaching on a temporary basis, but note that this is a temporary arrangement and how long will he last, no one knows. Don't know.
Kirsten and Gillespie came into the Pakistan cricket set-up almost simultaneously. Apart from the two previous Tests, which were won on pitches that favor spin, there was no revolutionary change in the style of play of the Pakistan team even after the arrival of these two. It is clear that both the coaches need time to inculcate their policies for the team. In such a situation, first of all it was necessary for the board to show confidence in the coach, but the indications are that in its policy of 'quick change', the board did not spare these two coaches and while making them coaches, for the betterment of the team, They started snatching away the rights that had been decided to be given to them. The same changes that happened for Kirsten also apply to Gillespie, so speculation has already begun about how long he will last.
The biggest right that was taken away from Kirsten, despite being decided, is her interference in choosing the team of the match or rather, not giving any importance to her viewpoint. If you don't listen to the coach while choosing the match eleven, then how will the coach implement his playing policy? Every team gives this right to the coach. Not only this, when it came to light about the serious differences between Kirsten and the players, the board did not even show full confidence in the coach, leave alone supporting him in this matter. The third point of conflict between Kirsten and the board was the decision not to appoint David Reid as high performance coach by following Kirsten's advice. Kirsten did not accept the options suggested by the PCB. Look at the example of India – BCCI gave Gautam Gambhir the entire support staff of his choice. These were three issues of conflict which became a big difference in the thinking of Kirsten and the Pakistan Cricket Board and ultimately this story ended with the resignation of Kirsten.
“Signs of rebellion had come even before the start of the third Test against England in Rawalpindi, but the Pakistan Board failed to manage its foreign stock wisely. Since the departure of Board President Ahsan Mani in August 2021, i.e. in about 3 years, 4 captains, 26 selectors, 8 coaches and 4 board chiefs have changed. This is a big flaw in the system of Pakistan cricket, not all of them. of.
Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan's name was announced as the new white ball captain in a press conference in Lahore before the start of the ODI series in Australia. Along with this, the name of the new vice-captain Salman Aga also came and to tell all this, board president Mohsin Naqvi along with selector Aaqib Javed was also present but team coach Kirsten was not there. He was not even in Pakistan at that time and now it is on record that the selectors did not talk to him before this announcement.
White ball coach Gary Kirsten's contract was for two years but lasted only for 6 months. The names of Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Mahmood, Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie are in the list of white ball coaches of Pakistan in 2024 and note that there are still more than two months left for the year to end.
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