“Come back,” Harbhajan Singh wants to see Gary Kirsten back as Indian team coach

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wants to see Gary Kirsten come back as the Indian men’s cricket team’s head coach. Kirsten have a currently coaching the Pakistan men’s white ball cricket teams.

Koushik BiswasJune 17, 2024 at 04:12 PM2 min read
“Come back,” Harbhajan Singh wants to see Gary Kirsten back as Indian team coach
Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wants to see Gary Kirsten come back as the Indian men’s cricket team’s head coach. Kirsten have a currently coaching the Pakistan men’s white ball cricket teams.

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has requested Gary Kirsten to comeback and coach Indian men's cricket team once again. Garry, who is currently the coach of Pakistan men's cricket team, stated that, "There is no unity in Pakistan team." 

After two defeats against USA and India in the T20 World Cup 2024 and a washed out match against Canada, Pakistan could not advance to the super 8 of the tournament.

Following the defeat, Gary Kristen told Geo Show, "There's no unity in Pakistan 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." 

After this statement from the former Indian team head coach, Harbhajan tweeted saying he wanted to see Kirsten as the head coach of the Indian team again. 

"Don’t waste ur time there Gary .. Come back to Coach Team INDIA .. Gary Kirsten One of the rare 💎.. A Great Coach ,Mentor, Honest nd very dear friend to all in the our 2011 Team .. our winning coach of 2011 worldcup . Special man Gary ❤️," Harbhajan tweeted.

Gary had coached the Indian cricket team from 2008 to 2011 and helped India win the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2011 after a gap of 28 years. Since then, Gary was coaching IPL teams like Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers and Gujarat Titans. 

Even he won the IPL trophy with Gujarat Titans in 2022. Currently, he only coaches Pakistan cricket team in white ball formats and signed the contract with PCB for a short term period. 

Koushik Biswas

Koushik Biswas is the founder and content head of Sportz Point. He has been a sports lover since his childhood, idolising Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Lionel Messi. Koushik played cricket for 7 years and has a passion for every sport. His nack for analysing games and talking about sports has helped him create hundreds of content for Sportz Point.

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