The men's national team's players must exhibit professionalism and unity, according to Gary Kirsten, the white-ball coach for Pakistan's cricket team. Kirsten stated that the Pakistan cricket team needed to regain pride during a press conference held on Monday, September 23, which was organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Kirsten's remarks coincide with the opening day of the Pakistan Cricket Board's "Connection Camp," an event that brings together the players and management to talk about the direction of Pakistani cricket.
Pakistan's recent performance in the cricketing world has been nothing but embarrassing. Pakistan lost their first-ever home Test series against Bangladesh and was eliminated in the group stage of the most recent ODI and T20 World Cups. Even Test captain Shan Masood had to confront the reports that the Pakistani team was split into sections during the earlier press conference. When discussing cricket in Pakistan, Kirsten emphasized that players have to possess three essential qualities: pride, professionalism, and unity when representing their country.
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"It was a fantastic time today to be part of this connection camp. I think the intention around it was to align our purposes for the team. I think we all agree we want the Pakistan team to be as successful as it possibly can be across all the formats. And we spend today just going through the various things that can help us and help the team be the best version of itself. So I think, from the team and the players in terms of their levels of professionalism, was one thing that we spoke about that was really important. And I think the commitments around making sure that they are. And present themselves as best they can for the for the nation, and to bring pride back into Pakistan cricket," Kirsten said in the press conference.
Everyone in Pakistan, according to the former India coach, wanted their cricket team to win, but there are measures that needed to be taken before they could resume winning games, series, and tournaments.
"I think we we all want a successful team, don't we, and we want the team to do well in everything that they play in. And there's no reason why it can't. It's a very talented cricket team across all the formats, but there are processes that you need to put in place. And this and I think that's what we focusing on. We want to know that we got a robust system in the country and that there's competition for places, and that our team is unified in its approach to competing against the best teams in the world," Kirsten concluded on the matter.
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