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PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has cleared the air on Jason Gillespie’s resignation.© AFP
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has cleared the air on Jason Gillespie’s resignation as head coach of the Check crew. The previous Australia pacer Gillespie stepped down from his function earlier this month after PCB determined to not prolong 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 were certainly challenges. I went into the job eyes wide open, I want to make that really clear. I knew that, you know, Pakistan had cycled through a number of coaches in a pretty short space of time. The straw that broke the camel’s back, I suppose, was, as a head coach, you like to have clear communication with your employer. I was completely and utterly blindsided by a decision to not have a high-performance coach,” Gillespie had advised ABC Sport following his resignation.
With Pakistan set to tackle South Africa in a two-match Check sequence, ranging from Boxing Day, PCB chief Naqvi has shared his views on Gillespie’s sudden departure.
Each Gillespie and Kirsten have 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 crew.
However as soon as Aaqib Javed was introduced in as senior selector and PCB granted him full powers together with in crew choice, the overseas coaches began falling out with the board.
Javed has additionally been appointed because the interim coach of the crew 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)
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