Pakistan Cricket Board is currently busy searching for a new white ball captain. Babar Azam had recently resigned from the captaincy of Pakistan. He was the captain of the ODI and T20 team. Let us tell you, he has left this post for the second time. In such a situation, who will replace Babar now is a big question. Amidst all this, a big news has come out regarding the head coach of the white ball team, Gary Kirsten. He has returned to his country even before the name of the new captain was announced.

Gary Kirsten returned to his country

Gary Kirsten has returned home after spending the last few weeks in Lahore and Faisalabad. He watched the Champions Cup and held several meetings with selectors and board officials on the state of Pakistan cricket. A board official confirmed that Kirsten would be available to the team and the board whenever the team needed advice or wanted to talk to selectors or players.

When will the new captain of Pakistan be announced?

According to reports, Pakistan Cricket Board will announce the successor of captain Babar Azam for the white ball format later this month. Let us tell you, wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi are among the strong contenders to become the new captain. The source said, 'Kirsten and even Jason Gillespie have discussed the captaincy issue with others on the selection committee, but the decision will be taken keeping in mind the behavior and recent performance of future and potential candidates. '

The source also said that Rizwan is the frontrunner to become Pakistan's limited overs captain and a young player can be made the vice-captain in his place so that the team management can manage his workload.

When will Gary Kirsten join the team now?

Kirsten will directly join the Pakistani team in Melbourne on October 29 for the limited overs series in Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Pakistan has to play a total of 18 matches in these three countries in November-December. During this period, Pakistan team will play 9 ODI matches and the same number of T20 matches will also be played. Which will start with the first ODI in Melbourne on 4th November.