Gary Kirsten was appointed as Pakistan’s white-ball coach in April 2024, while Jason Gillespie was signed for the Test side. However, Kirsten resigned just six months later. He made his decision after Pakistan’s squads for last year’s ODI and T20I tours of Australia and Zimbabwe were announced.
"It was a tumultuous few months. I realised quite quickly I wasn’t going to have much of an influence. Once I was taken off selection and asked to take a team and not be able to shape the team, it became very difficult as a coach then to have any sort of positive influence on the group," Kirsten said.
I Would Want to Go for the Players - Gary Kirsten
However, Gary Kirsten stated that he is willing to return as Pakistan's coach in the future, but only if the conditions are right. Kirsten said that “influential noise” had made it difficult for him to lead effectively during his previous stint.
"Cricket teams need to be run by cricket people. When that’s not happening and when there’s a lot of noise from the outside that’s very influential noise, it’s very difficult for leaders within the team to walk a journey that you feel like you need to walk in order to take this team to where it needs to go."
I’m Too Old Now to Be Dealing With Other Agendas - Gary Kirsten
"I’m too old now to be dealing with other agendas, I just want to coach a cricket team, work with the players – I love the Pakistan players, they’re great guys. I had a very short period of time with them and I feel for them. More than any other team in the world, they feel the pressure of performance massively, when they lose it’s hectic for them and they feel that," Kirsten said.
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