LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has received a “confidential” evaluation report from white-ball coach Gary Kirsten regarding the team’s appalling performance in the just finished T20 World Cup 2024, sources revealed Geo News on Wednesday.
According to the sources, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has received the report, which highlights the players’ discipline, fitness, and game knowledge among other factors that contributed to the team’s early departure from the major tournament.
The news comes as the Green Shirts lost to arch-rivals India and the underdogs United States unexpectedly, meaning they did not even advance to the World Cup’s Super Eight stage.
The squad led by Babar Azam only prevailed against Canada and Ireland, which wasn’t enough to advance them to the next round of the competition.
The national team’s poor performance drew harsh criticism from both cricket enthusiasts and past players, which prompted the PCB president to declare a “major surgery” on the team.
But before making any decisions about the team’s future, the board chose to await Kirsten and senior manager Wahab Riaz’s report.
Prior to making a decision regarding the next course of action, the PCB chief would confer with other board members and former cricket players after reviewing the report.
