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Gary Kirsten: Whether it is the Pakistan cricket team or their board, it often remains in the news due to some controversy or the other. One such controversy was seen in the year 2024 when Gary Kirsten and then Jason Gillespie resigned from the position of head coach within a few months. While the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Gillespie as the team head coach in Tests last year, Gary Kirsten (Gary Kirsten) was given the responsibility of head coach in the limited overs format. However, both of them left this post within 6 months. At the same time, Kirsten has given a statement for the first time regarding his decision to leave the position of head coach, in which he has revealed the whole secret of the way PCB works.
There is a lot of interference of outsiders in the Pakistani team
Gary Kirsten, in his statement to the Wisden Podcast, talked about the reason behind leaving the position of head coach of the Pakistani team, saying, “I was not being allowed to do my job properly, in which there was a lot of interference of outsiders inside the team. The first few months were very stressful for me, after which I realized that as a coach I am not going to get much power here. I was removed from the selection panel and was told that I have to only coach the team, but I will not have any role in selecting the team. As a coach, when you do not have any positive impact on the team, things become very difficult for you.”
There is a lot of pressure on the players of the Pakistan team
Kirsten also mentioned the players of the Pakistani cricket team in his statement, in which he said, “Pakistani players probably feel more pressure to perform than any other team in the world. When the team has to face defeat, the whole atmosphere there is seen to be completely different.” However, Kirsten said that he could return to the Pakistan cricket team as a coach but under the right conditions and without any external interference.
