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Nothing is going right in Pakistan cricket at the moment. Gary Kirsten, the coach who led India to the 2011 World Cup, said goodbye to Pakistan cricket. Gary Kirsten was the head coach of Pakistan's white ball team.
Gary Kirsten's tenure was for two years, but he left after six months. Gary Kirsten's departure before next year's Champions Trophy is a big blow for the Pakistan team.
Pakistan cricket circus is right…!
If seen, many changes have been seen in Pakistan cricket in the last one year. Pakistan cricket is no less than a circus. The downfall of the Pakistan team started during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 held on Indian soil in October-November last year. The performance of Pakistan team in that World Cup was very poor.
After this, under the captaincy of Babar Azam, Pakistan team won only 4 out of 9 matches and could not even reach the semi-finals. Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq had resigned from his post in the middle of the Cricket World Cup. After this, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also completely changed the support staff of the team. The then PCB chief Zaka Ashraf had taken this action. He made Mohammad Hafeez the director of cricket.
Babar Azam has left the captaincy of all three formats
Whereas Babar Azam left the captaincy of all three formats in November 2023 after poor performance. After this, Shan Masood was made the captain of the Test team and Shaheen Afridi was made the captain of the T20 team. But despite changing the captain, the Pakistan team had to face continuous defeats. Australia defeated Pakistan 3–0 in the Test series, while Pakistan lost the T20 series against New Zealand.
Another big change in PCB
After this, another major change took place in PCB and Mohsin Naqvi became the new chairman. Mohsin Naqvi removed Shaheen Afridi from the captaincy of the T20 team in March 2023. Along with this, Mohammad Hafeez was also removed. After this, in the month of April, Babar Azam was made the ODI and T20 captain. The board has appointed Jason Gillespie as the coach of the team in Test and Gary Kirsten in ODI and T20.
How long will Jason Gillespie last?
Jason Gillespie is still with the Pakistan team, but it remains to be seen how long he will be able to serve Pakistan cricket even after Babar Azam becomes the captain once again, but the fate of the Pakistan team has not changed and they are in the T20 World Cup 2024. Were eliminated in the first round itself. Pakistan also had to face defeat from America.
Mohammad Rizwan became the captain
Babar Azam has once again resigned due to poor performance in the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan was given the captaincy in white ball cricket. While Salman Ali Aga was made the vice-captain. Overall the captain has been changed thrice in 12 months. Now a day after Rizwan became the captain, Gary Kirsten has left the team.
Gary Kirsten resigned
Let us tell you that PCB had taken away the right to select the team from Gary Kirsten. This power was vested only in the selection panel of which he is no longer a part. Gary Kirsten was very angry about this. Gary Kirsten's opinion was also not taken into consideration in Rizwan's appointment. After losing the first test against England, Pakistan has announced a new selection panel. This happened for the third time in three months. Aaqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq and Hasan Cheema were included, while the coach and captain were dropped from the selection panel.
Pakistan team on Australia tour
Now Pakistan team is going on Australia tour, where it has to play three ODI and three T20 matches. First of all there will be an ODI series, the first match of which will be played on 4th November. The surprising thing is that Pakistan played its last ODI match in the Cricket World Cup on 11 November last year. Since then, Pakistan team has not played a single match of 50 overs for about 12 months.
Pakistani team for ODI series against Australia
Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (wk/captain), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sam Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (Vice-Captain), Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistani team for T20 series against Australia
Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (wk/captain), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Aga (vice-captain), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Mokim, Usman Khan.
Pakistan's program for Australia tour
4 November: 1st ODI, Melbourne
8 November: 2nd ODI, Adelaide
10 November: 3rd ODI, Perth
14 November: 1st T20, Brisbane
16 November: 2nd T20, Sydney
18 November: 3rd T20, Hobart