‘If we lose the T20 World Cup, the PCB will blame Gary Kirsten’: Former captain criticizes Pakistan’s ‘tradition’ cricket news
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) this week appointed Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as head coaches for the white-ball and red-ball cricket teams respectively for a two-year tenure. However, the timing of the appointment has sparked debate in the cricket world as the ICC T20 World Cup is just days away. Speaking to IANS, former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif also expressed concern over the late appointments.
“Gary Kirsten has been a successful coach for India and also in franchise cricket. But the timing (of his appointment) is wrong, the problem that has always arisen in Pakistan is timing. It’s over my head… Next We are on the way to the World Cup, we are playing 7 matches. If they lose, the board will blame Kirsten or Babar Azam,” Rashid said.
“Pakistan definitely have an advantage in that you can’t ignore them in ICC events, you can’t write them off. They come out of nowhere… that’s happened on a number of occasions. Both Kirsten and Gillespie are very He is an experienced coach and has an impressive record, but he should have been called earlier.
“Today, if I know it’s my head coach, it’s my captain and it’s my selection committee… the pace is like it is in Australia, India, England that they know these are our 12-13 certain Players and this is my coach, you should have known all this 6-8 months or a year ago,” he said.
On Thursday, the PCB announced its 18-player squad for the upcoming T20 series against Ireland (May 10-14) and England (May 22-30). The squad will be reduced to 15 players for next month’s World Cup 2024 to meet the ICC’s May 24 deadline after the first T20I in Leeds on May 22.
The men’s national selection committee has recalled fast bowler Haris Rauf as well as all-rounders Hasan Ali and Salman Ali Aga in the 18-player squad. The two cricketers who did not find a place in the original 17-player squad to face New Zealand are wrist spinner Usama Mir and fast bowler Zaman Khan.
The Babar Azam-led team is scheduled to depart for Dublin on May 7 after a three-day training camp in Lahore from May 4-6.
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