Pakistan Cricket Board has recently got a new chairman in the form of Mohsin Naqvi. It is often seen in the cricket management of neighboring countries that with the change of chairman, there are many changes in other positions within the board as well. Every president runs things his own way. This is what happened after Naqvi's arrival. First Shaheen Afridi was removed from the captaincy and Babar was made the captain again. After which now there is discussion that the coach of the team is also going to change.
Australian veterans are also in the race…
The name of veteran Gary Kirsten, who made India champion in the 2011 World Cup, is being discussed. There are also reports that the team will get different coaches for red ball and white ball. So along with Kirsten, the name of former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie is also in discussion.
Recently on Saturday, PCB had issued an advertisement inviting applications for red ball and white ball coaches. In which everyone was asked to apply by 15th April. Under this, it was mandatory for the applicants to have at least 5 years of experience in domestic cricket or two years of experience in coaching international and franchise teams.
Long live the coach!
A PCB source said that Kirsten and Gillespie are keen to apply for these applications so that they can stay with the team for a long time. If sources are to be believed, Kirsten, who was the world-winning coach of the Indian team, can be made the white ball coach and Gillespie can be made the red ball coach. The source further said, 'Whoever is made the coach will get a proper contract. It has also been assured that the tenure will be long and there will be no change in the coach if the president is changed.