Pakistan Cricket: T20 World Cup 2024 will be played on the soil of America and West Indies in June this year. 20 teams are going to participate in this mega event. This means that winning the T20 World Cup this time will be more difficult than all the previous editions. Pakistan cricket team has also intensified its preparations for the upcoming mega event. Also he has made a big move to win the title. Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed the person who made Team India the World Cup champion as its head coach.

Pakistan made this veteran head coach

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced that former South African player Gary Kirsten is the new head coach of Pakistan men's cricket team. Let us tell you that Gary Kirsten has also coached the Indian team. When India won the ODI World Cup (ICC Cricket World Cup 2011) under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni after a long wait in the year 2011, Kirsten used to be the head coach of the Indian team.

In such a situation, now Pakistan Cricket Board has included Gary Kirsten in its camp. His later success is being considered. However, PCB informed that Gary will guide the players only in white ball cricket. Jason Gillespie will be the head coach of the Pakistani team in red ball cricket.

Gary Kirsten has long experience in coaching

Gary Kirsten has extensive coaching experience. Apart from Team India, he has served Indian Premier Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. Gary is also Gujarat's batting coach and team mentor in IPL 2024. In such a situation, he will be seen using his experience to bring success to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2024. Pakistan has won the T20 World Cup title only once. They won their first and only T20 World Cup in 2009 by defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final.

Tournament will start from June 2

T20 World Cup 2024 will start from June 2. However, India has to play its match against Ireland on June 5. After this, the blue jersey team will play its next match of the group stage against arch-rival Pakistan on June 9. At the same time, India will play the last match of the group stage against host USA on June 12. After this, Super 8 stage matches will be played from June 19.