DTVHINDI“One step forward, two steps back…” Kevin Pietersen heavily criticizes PCB after Gary Kirsten’s resignation
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has slammed the PCB. Rishabh Pant’s behavior was more concerning to me than the umpire’s call: Kevin Pietersen (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Gary Kirsten has resigned from the post of head coach of Pakistan cricket team. Kirsten was made the head coach of Pakistan’s white ball team in April 2024, but he resigned from his post within six months. Now Jason Gillespie, who was coaching the team in red ball cricket, has been given the responsibility of head coach. After the departure of Gary Kirsten, there was a lot of criticism from all sides of PCB. Now in this sequence, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has slammed the PCB. He described Kirsten’s withdrawal as ‘two steps back’ after ‘one step forward’. Pietersen posted on Twitter, “How can Pakistan cricket miss Gary Kirsten’s return to coaching? One step forward in the last few weeks and two steps back today. Stop doing this. There is too much talent to keep doing this kind of work.” How can Pakistan Cricket lose Gary Kirsten’s with his resume in coaching? One step forward the last few weeks and two steps back today! Stop doing it to yourselves. Too much talent to keep doing this kind of stuff! — Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) October 28, 2024 Pakistan team will tour Australia in November Let us tell you that recently Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Mohammad Rizwan as the captain of the white ball team. And Gary Kirsten’s resignation comes just days after he became captain. It is being told that Kirsten was not happy with many decisions of PCB and for this reason he tendered his resignation. Talking about Pakistan team, they are touring Australia for the white ball series in November. Where the Pakistan team will play an ODI series of three matches and a T20 series of the same number of matches. The 50-over series will be contested on 4, 8 and 10 November in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. After the ODI series, both the teams will play T20 matches in Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart on 14, 16 and 18 November respectively.
Shah Khawar appointed interim chief of PBC after Zaka Ashraf’s resignation
Shah Khawar will now take charge till the PCB elections, which are scheduled to be held within a month. Shah Khawar and Zaka Ashraf (Image Credit- Twitter) There is turmoil in Pakistan cricket these days. Recently Zaka Ashraf had resigned from the post of head of PCB’s management committee. Today, big news is coming out from Pakistan Cricket that PCB has appointed its Election Commissioner Shah Khawar as its new interim chief on Wednesday 24 January. PCB COO Salmar Naseer, directors and other staff welcomed Shah Khawar after assuming charge at the cricket board’s headquarters. Shah Khawar will now take charge till the PCB elections, which are scheduled to be held within a month. Pakistan Cricket tweeted on social media platform Mr Shah Khawar, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Election Commissioner of PCB, has assumed charge as Chairman PCB. Read more➡️ pic.twitter.com/wYSy2sx66x — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) January 24, 2024 Shah Khawar’s statement after appointment After his appointment, Shah Khawar issued a statement saying, ‘I would like to thank PCB Patron Mr. Anwar Ul Haq Kakkar for showing confidence in me. My primary responsibility will be to conduct the election of PCB Chairman in a free and transparent manner as soon as possible. Let us tell you that in 2021, no PCB Chief has completed his tenure since Ehsan Mani. Rameez Raja served for 15 months (September 2021 – December 22), while Najam Sethi (December 2022 – June 2023) and Zaka Ashraf (July 2023 – January 2024) also served for less than a year. A period of change is going on in Pakistan cricket after the ODI World Cup. Babar Azam stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. After which Shan Masood has been made the captain of Test and Shaheen Shah Afridi of T-20 team, but they have not got success. Under the leadership of Shan Masood, Pakistan suffered a 0-3 defeat in the Test series against Australia, while under the leadership of Shaheen, the team lost 1-4 in the T20 series against New Zealand. read this also- U19 World Cup 2024: ICC reprimands Bangladeshi bowler Maroof Mridha for violating code of conduct.
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