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Pakistan’s former red-ball head coach, Jason Gillespie has mentioned that interim head coach, Aaqib Javed and the nationwide selectors ought to take the accountability for the workforce’s poor efficiency within the ICC Champions Trophy. Hosts Pakistan had been eradicated prematurely after shedding their group video games within the marquee match to New Zealand and India. “We saw the results were not good enough. Ultimately he (Aaqib) has to bear the responsibility. He wanted complete control (of the affairs of the team) and he got it. The national selectors also have a lot of responsibility to take for the squad they picked to play in the tournament,” mentioned Gillespie, the previous Australian tempo bowler, in dialog with Pakistani cricket content material creator Saj Sadiq.
Gillespie added that he at all times felt one thing was happening behind the scenes in Pakistan cricket when he was the top coach.
“I always felt there were things going on behind the scenes I was not aware of. And it didn’t surprise me when he (Aaqib) was announced as interim coach,” Gillespie mentioned in a video posted on social media.
“In my opinion it (Aaqib’s appointment) was always on the cards that this was going to happen. You can read into it as you want,” he added.
Gillespie blamed Aaqib for undermining him and white-ball coach Gary Kirsten.
“He made it clear he wanted to be chief selector and he made it clear how he wanted the team to go about their work. He wanted complete control and he got it.”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had signed Gillespie and Kirsten as head coaches on two-year contracts. However inside 6-8 months of the duo being employed, relations between the overseas coaches and PCB soured following the appointment of a brand new choice committee of which Aaqib is a senior selector together with Azhar Ali, Asaad Shafiq, Aleem Dar and Hasan Cheema.
The brand new choice committee took cost after Pakistan misplaced 0-2 to Bangladesh at house in a World Check Championship collection.
The 2 overseas consultants resigned one after the opposite in late 2024, complaining of being stripped of authority and being saved at midnight by the selectors.
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