Currently, there is a stir in Pakistani cricket. Babar is no longer the limited-overs captain. Coach Gary Kirsten talked with PCB officials in the meantime.
There is currently stress in Pakistani cricket. The team lost the first Test series against Bangladesh. In addition, the team was eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2024 tour after losing to the USA in that competition. Coach Gary Kirsten of the limited-overs team has left and returned to South Africa. Babar Azam, the captain of the white ball team, recently resigned, and the Pakistan Cricket Board, or PCB, is now searching for a new captain.
Gary Kirsten returns to South Africa.
Gary Kirsten, the head coach of Pakistan, recently met with board members and selectors multiple times. He discussed the players’ performance in the Champions Cup throughout this. He has now left this behind and gone back to South Africa. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to appoint the new skipper of the limited-overs team by the end of this month.
Gary Kirsten will now join the Pakistan team in Melbourne directly on October 29th, an official from the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI. It is noteworthy that Gary Kirsten was named head coach of Pakistan’s limited overs side by the Pakistan Cricket Board in April 2024, a position that would last two years. Jason Gillespie is the Test’s coach at the same time.
The series is to be played against Australia in November.
November will see the Pakistani team go to Australia. They have to play a three-match T20 and ODI series within this period. In Melbourne, the ODI series will begin on November 4. Whereas. Play for the T20I series begins on November 14. Before this tour, Pakistan will have a new captain if stories are to be believed. The two frontrunners for the limited-overs captaincy are Shaheen Shah Afridi and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan.