PCB Chief’s Sharp Retort At Ex-Pakistan Coach Jason Gillespie Over “Completely Blindsided” Remarks

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has cleared the air on Jason Gillespie’s resignation as head coach of the Take a look at workforce. The previous Australia pacer Gillespie stepped down from his function earlier this month after PCB determined to not lengthen excessive efficiency coach Tim Nielsen’s contract. Gillespie was additionally upset over the truth that the PCB had additionally barred the coaches from having a say within the choice issues, a choice which had led to the ouster of white-ball coach Gary Kirsten.

“There have been definitely challenges. I went into the job eyes vast open, I need to make that basically clear. I knew that, , Pakistan had cycled by means of various coaches in a fairly quick area of time. The straw that broke the camel’s again, I suppose, was, as a head coach, you wish to have clear communication along with your employer. I used to be fully and totally blindsided by a choice to not have a high-performance coach,” Gillespie had instructed ABC Sport following his resignation.

With Pakistan set to tackle South Africa in a two-match Take a look at sequence, ranging from Boxing Day, PCB chief Naqvi has shared his views on Gillespie’s sudden departure.

“The pinnacle coach’s function is to teach the workforce, whereas the choice committee is meant to pick gamers,” Naqvi instructed Geo Information.

Each Gillespie and Kirsten had been appointed on a two-year contract earlier than the T20 World Cup 2024 and the PCB had promised a brand new period for the Pakistan workforce.

However as soon as Aaqib Javed was introduced in as senior selector and PCB granted him full powers together with in workforce choice, the overseas coaches began falling out with the board.

Javed has additionally been appointed because the interim coach of the workforce throughout all three codecs.

Pakistan misplaced the T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa, earlier than turning the tables within the ODIs.

(With PTI Inputs)