The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a powerful denial to media studies that former Pakistan quick bowler Aaqib Javed is prone to substitute present Pakistan cricket crew coach Jason Gillespie in all codecs after the continuing T20I sequence in Australia, which the Pakistan cricket crew has already misplaced 0-2.
Pakistan will play the third T20I on Monday towards Australia. Media studies had recommended that Gillespie’s reign was to finish after that.
“PCB strongly refutes the story. As introduced beforehand, Jason Gillespie will proceed to teach the Pakistan aspect for the 2 red-ball matches towards South Africa,” the Pakistan Cricket Board tweeted late on Sunday.
The 2-match Take a look at sequence towards South Africa is about to be performed in December.
It’s notable that that PCB has disregarded the three T20Is that the Pakistan cricket crew will play towards the South African cricket crew on the identical tour.
In keeping with a report in ESPNCricinfo, the transfer to interchange Gillespie with Aaqib Javed got here after the Australian had reportedly refused to completely take over the duty of white-ball groups and not using a pay rise. When he conveyed the message, the PCB determined to strip him off purple ball duties too.
Pakistan crew has been in a state of turmoil lately. Proper earlier than the sequence towards Australia, coach Gary Kirsten parted methods with the crew. This had led the PCB to enlist the companies of Gillespie as an interim white-ball coach for the three ODIs and three T20Is.
Underneath Gillespie, the Pakistan cricket crew had misplaced a sequence at house to Bangladesh, which is the primary time this has occurred in historical past. Pakistan did bounce again from that by beating England of their first Take a look at sequence at house in three-and-a-half years. They then gained their first ODI sequence in Australia in 22 years, however misplaced the T20I sequence.