Pakistan’s white and purple ball head coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie have suggested the nation’s cricket board towards altering the captains in haste after current shoddy performances throughout codecs. Babar Azam was sacked from white ball captaincy after 2023 ODI World Cup spherical robin exit in India and his alternative Shaheen Shah Afridi was eliminated after one unhealthy sequence. Equally in Exams, after Babar resigned, Shan Masood was named captain however after 0-2 Take a look at sequence defeat to Bangladesh, there are requires his rapid ouster.
A PCB supply nevertheless instructed PTI that current media speculations about Masood and Babar’s sacking is nothing greater than kite flying.
“There was no dialogue on altering the captains because the PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has left it as much as the 2 coaches and selectors to determine on the captaincy,” he mentioned.
“And Kirsten and Gillespie are very clear that Shan and Babar each should be given a correct run earlier than judging their management skills,” the supply added.
He mentioned that each coaches wished continuity in captaincy and have conveyed this to the board very clearly.
He additionally made it clear that the captaincy or workforce alternatives wouldn’t be up for dialogue when the board holds its one-day workshop titled cricket connection later this month in Lahore.
“That workshop is being held to listen to the views of all stakeholders, primarily the home workforce coaches, selectors and contracted gamers in order that the board is ready to bridge the hole between home cricket and worldwide cricket requirements,” he mentioned.
The supply additionally knowledgeable that Gillespie who would be part of by way of video hyperlink and Kirsten who can be current himself on the workshop had instructed the PCB chief that endurance and continuity in insurance policies was required to get long run outcomes from the workforce throughout codecs.
“The workshop is principally being held as a result of each the coaches need the home workforce coaches to have a transparent image of what’s required from them to make sure a circulation of gamers who could be thought-about for choice for the nationwide groups in all codecs,” he mentioned.
Requested who can be appointed captain for the ODI sequence later this 12 months in Australia and South Africa or for the Champions Trophy, the supply mentioned it might most likely be Babar to keep up continuity in white ball codecs.
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