Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie were appointed Test team coaches. The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten as the head coach of Pakistan’s white ball team and former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie as the head coach of the red ball team.
Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi while holding a press conference with Azhar Mehmood in Lahore said that today’s press conference is related to the coaches of the national team.
Mohsin Naqvi said that Jason Gillespie is being brought as the coach of Pakistan‘s Test team, while South Africa’s Gary Kirsten will be the coach of the national white ball team. Will join the team, the arrival of these foreign players is proof that they have faith in our potential.
He said that Azhar Mehmood will be the assistant coach of the Pakistan cricket team for both formats, which will combine white ball and red ball cricket teams.
Chairman PCB said that the job of the cricket board is not to collect money and deposit it in banks, hopefully, we will do better for Pakistan cricket.
Mohsin Naqvi said that the coaches of the women’s cricket team are also being brought, they will bring the women’s cricket to the level of equality.
They said that they had ordered the devices for the physiotherapists, there was a storm in Quetta Qalat yesterday, the boys were playing tape ball cricket, the players were injured due to the fall of the wall, and the condition of 3 is critical, they will be treated.
He said that the work of the upgradation of stadiums is going fast, we have an international bid on 7th May, and there will be companies who have experience in international stadiums, we are suffering from delay but we will complete the work as soon as possible.
Mohsin Naqvi said regarding the injury of the national team’s young fast bowler Ehsanullah, a complaint was received regarding Ehsanullah’s treatment. There will be action against him, all cricketers are important for us.
When asked about the accident involving the car of the national women cricketers in Karachi, Mohsin Naqvi said, “Our women cricketers left the camp without informing us. The women cricketers had an accident and they were injured. We have taken action on it.” A chief security officer has been appointed, there will be strict monitoring of women cricketers.
Azhar Mehmood said, I am thankful to PCB for trusting me, my aim is to bring the Pakistan team up, for the first time two foreign coaches are coming to Pakistan, and in such a case my role would be very important. Is.
While talking about the fitness of national cricketers, Mohsin Naqvi said that fitness has never been paid attention to, look at the fitness of the world’s players, we have to work on fitness, how fitness can be damaged due to fitness camps, foreign coaches of the team. Stay together, we’ll work with coaches and teams.
Chairman PCB said that at present the government and the cricket board are stable, changes keep happening, I have given some of my powers to the selection committee, I do not keep everything in my hands, we have a combination of local coaches with foreign coaches. made, we have to identify our mistakes and improve them, the purpose of bringing foreign coaches is to improve the team, if a player does not know English, he will learn and Azhar Mehmood is with them.
