'There's No Unity': Head Coach Gary Kirsten Delivers Scathing Criticism After Pakistan's Disastrous T20 World Cup Campaign
Gary Kirsten is the current head coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team. (X)
Following Pakistan’s disastrous T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, the head coach Gary Kirsten has delivered some scathing criticism of the team claiming that there is ‘no unity’ in the side and that he has ‘never seen such a situation,’ in his long coaching career.
Pakistan was again under the spotlight after a poor show in the T20 World Cup 2024 as they suffered a group-stage exit. This would be one of their worst tournaments in recent years in terms of performance as they ended the tournament with a consolation win over Ireland in their last game.
According to media reports in Pakistan, Kirsten, who guided India to ODI World Cup triumph in 2011, pulled no punches in his assessment of the team after being eliminated from the ongoing T20 showpiece.
“There’s no unity in Pakistan’s team. They call it a team, but it isn’t a team. They aren’t supporting each other; everyone is separated, left and right. I’ve worked with many teams, but I’ve never seen such a situation,” Kirsten said as per reports quoting a senior scribe.
Geosuper.tv 4 quoted sources as saying that Kirsten had expressed his displeasure over the fitness level of the players. The former South Africa opener also said the team is far behind in terms of skill level as compared to the rest of the world.
After Pakistan’s defeat to India, Kirsten put the team’s loss down to poor decision-making.
“Disappointing loss, that’s for sure,” Kirsten had said.
“I knew 120 was not going to be an easy target. If India got only 120, it was always going to be not the easiest. But I think we had the game at 72 for 2 with six or seven overs left. Disappointing not to get across the line from the position we got ourselves into.”
On Sunday, Pakistan beat Ireland by three wickets in their last match of the T20 World Cup, which was held at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida.
Pakistan’s defeat to the USA and loss to India meant they were eliminated from the event before the conclusion of the group-stage matches.
The win against Ireland ensured that Pakistan finished third in Group A with two wins from four games.
(with PTI Inputs)
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