Previous Australian captain says ex-pacer's record as mentor has been great with each group
August 13, 2024
Veteran cricketer and previous Australian commander Ricky Ponting has opened up on his previous partner Jason Gillespie's job as Pakistan group's Test mentor saying that the previous pacer's record has been great with at each group that he has worked with.
"[Jason] Gillespie is a piece like Gautam Gambhir. Basically wherever he has been, his instructing record has been, great. He will have a few difficulties I got for sure. In any case, he is a profound mastermind and as I said, a tranquil individual that goes about it in his own specific manner," Ponting said.
The ex-pacer was named as Pakistan's red-ball mentor before the T20 World Cup 2024 and the impending two-Test series against Bangladesh will be his most memorable task as the mentor.
"We have a couple of WhatsApp bunches throughout the long term, we all old folks that have played together. So everybody's complimented him [Gillespie] and wished him karma in that job," Ponting said.
He likewise contrasted his previous partner and India's lead trainer Gautam Gambhir prior to adding that the Aussie will have a few difficulties with the Green Shirts.
The previous Australian captain added that the progressions in Pakistan's training arrangement were not shocking following their horrifying T20 World Cup crusade where the Babar Azam-drove unit languished a gathering stage exit over the initial time in the competition's set of experiences.
"What's more, look, frankly, I'm not astonished by any means by how much changes in that gathering. I realize it is an alternate configuration however they had an extremely disheartening T20 World Cup. In the event that you are not able to roll out certain improvements, you're anticipating that comparative outcomes should come your direction," he added.
Crews
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mahmudul Hasan Happiness, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumar Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed
Pakistan: Shan Masood (skipper), Saud Shakeel (bad habit commander), Aamir Jamal (dependent upon Wellness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-guardian), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-manager) and Shaheen Shah Afridi
