After losing the gold medal, Pakistan remembered Shaun Tait, again got a big responsibility

Delhi: After losing the gold medal in the Asian Games 2026, the Pakistan cricket team is preparing to strengthen its bowling department. Former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait is going to join the Pakistan team once again. According to media reports, Tait will reach Pakistan at the beginning of the coming week and will start working with the team after meeting Pakistan Cricket Board officials.

Tait is going to get the responsibility of fast bowling consultant in Pakistan team. However, whether he will work only with the white-ball team or will also help the Test team is not clear yet.

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Shaun Tait has worked for Pakistan before also

Shaun Tait had earlier been the bowling coach of Pakistan team from 2022 to 2023. In such a situation, he already has experience with the team and players. Now once again the Pakistan Cricket Board has expressed confidence in him.

Tait was recently working with the Bangladesh team. However, he left the role there because he was not comfortable working full-time throughout the year.

There is turmoil in Pakistan's bowling.

Tait's return is coming at a time when Pakistan's bowling coaching staff itself is going through a period of change. Test team's bowling coach Umar Gul was removed from his post in the middle of the England tour.

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Apart from this, the post of head coach of the Test team is also vacant. Sarfaraz Ahmed has been removed from this post. White-ball team coach Mike Hesson has taken over the responsibility initially, but it is not yet decided whether he will also take charge of the Test team permanently or not. In such a situation, the appointment of Tait is being considered very important for Pakistan.