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Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten

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Kirsten worried about fatigue ahead of T20 WC

By thedarknight ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

India coach Gary Kirsten feels fatigue could play a major role in the defending champions’ campaign in the biennial event that is the T20 world cup in England in June. India have been playing non-stop cricket for a long time, travelling from one corner of the world to another. They play their first warm-up game [...]

Tendulkar credits Kirsten for Indian success

By thedarknight ⋅ April 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar credits coach Gary Kirsten with helping the team become a force in world cricket again. India won their first Test series on New Zealand soil in four decades this week, their third successive Test series victory since defeating top-ranked Australia in November. “The secret to this success is the players [...]

India will play to win: Kirsten

By thedarknight ⋅ December 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Removing in-form Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff in the last two overs has raised India’s hopes of win as India coach Gary Kirsten said his team would look to take a significant lead to wrap up the final match of the two-Test series against England. “We are 170-odd ahead and in a strong position. We [...]

Kirsten wants full time manager for Team India

By chetannarula ⋅ October 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India coach Gary Kirsten has again requested for a full-time manager for the team. In fact he was under the impression that Russell Radhakrishnan, the team’s travel assistant on India’s tour to Sri Lanka recently, was a manager. “Could you please advise as to when Russell will return to the team? His work is crucial [...]

Kirsten wanted Ganguly out

By thedarknight ⋅ September 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian cricket coach Gary Kirsten is the man who recommended Sourav Ganguly’s ouster, that’s according to media reports quoting one of the five selectors who made the decision to leave Ganguly out of the Irani Trophy. According to one of the selectors, post Sourav’s failure in Sri lanka, Kirsten told the selectors it was time [...]

BCCI raps Kirsten on Kumble comment

By thedarknight ⋅ September 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The BCCI rapped coach Gary Kirsten for his comments in the media that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was ready for Test captaincy and asked the South African to concentrate on his job only. BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah has categorically told Kirsten to avoid airing his personal views in media and focus on his job of coaching. [...]

Dhoni ready for test captaincy: Kirsten

By thedarknight ⋅ September 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Gary Kirsten, the India coach, has said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is “ready” to captain India in all forms of the game but added that there was no immediate need for change because Anil Kumble was doing “an exceptional job” leading the Test side. “Dhoni is ready for test captaincy but there is no need [...]

Kirsten to join team before ODIs

By thedarknight ⋅ August 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India’s cricket coach Gary Kirsten will join the team before the start of the ODI series on August 18. He had gone home to his ailing mother who succumbed to cancer after a long sickness battle. “Though Gary Kirsten was not in the Indian dressing room during the third Test, he was constantly in touch [...]

Kirsten’s mother passes away

By thedarknight ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian cricket coach Gary Kirsten’s ailing mother Gayl Hall today passed away in Cape Town after losing a battle against cancer. She was 64. Kirsten had left for South Africa on Wednesday to attend to her giving a miss to the third and final cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka. He was to join [...]

Upton takes over from Kirsten ahead of 3rd Test

By thedarknight ⋅ August 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Paddy Upton, India’s conditioning coach, has taken over the responsibilities from head coach Gary Kirsten, who flew back to South Africa yesterday evening to be with his ailing mother. In Kirsten’s absence, Upton wasn’t worried about having to delegate responsibilities to the Indian team, instead stressing to make sure the basics are all in place [...]

I have faith in my team: Kirsten

By thedarknight ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India will be without coach Gary Kirsten for the crucial third Test against Sri Lanka as the South African would fly home to be with his mother, who is critically ill with cancer. Kirsten is scheduled to fly home to Cape Town Tuesday evening. “It’s a blow. I have to fly home but these players [...]

Dhoni’s absence not creating imbalance: Kirsten

By chetannarula ⋅ July 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The India-Sri Lanka series is a huge challenge for Coach Gary Kirsten especially as his team failed to counter the lethal spin of the Islanders in the just concluded Asia Cup. Coupled with the South Africa test series and the two ODI series in the new season, all this means that Kirsten is still to [...]

India, Sri Lanka to respect umpires

By chetannarula ⋅ July 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Anil Kumble and Mahela Jayawardene look at the referral of umpires’ decisions more as an experiment than a challenge. Both captains were diplomatic in their comments over the planned use of the referral system in the Test series between India and Sri Lanka starting on July 23. Questions about referrals were made when the skippers [...]

BCCI asks Kirsten for explanation

By chetannarula ⋅ July 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India coach Gary Kirsten and his assistant Paddy Upton, who is also the mental conditioning coach of the team, have been asked by the cricket board to stop airing post-match comments and writing columns on the former’s website ‘garykirsten.com’ . They have also been asked to explain their discrepancy following the previous match after which [...]

Kirsten chips in with Dhoni & Kumble

By chetannarula ⋅ July 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Gary Kirsten, India’s coach, has backed Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s views on the Asia Cup’s hectic schedule. “I think that three games in four days in this heat took a toll on the players,” he said after India’s net session on Tuesday. “It is unfair to expect players to play that amount of cricket in such [...]

Kirsten wants rotation policy

By chetannarula ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian cricket coach Gary Kirsten has expressed his reservations about the fitness of his players in only the second tournament of the season. This is because Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan were already ruled out at start of the tournament and Irfan Pathan has now been rested for the next two games with a side strain, [...]

Upton happy with players’ commitment

By chetannarula ⋅ June 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian team’s trainer and mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton said that there was no lack of commitment in the side which is exuberant with youth. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his teammates wasted precious little time after their arrival here as the entire squad sweated it out for about three hours. Soon after their arrival [...]

Kirsten optimistic about youngsters

By chetannarula ⋅ June 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India’s cricket coach Gary Kirsten said that although experience was always needed in a team, the tri-series will be a window of opportunity for the young players who would want to stake a claim as replacements for the old warhorses. He added that the experience of Sachin Tendulkar would be missed as also in the [...]

Kirsten says all is fine in dressing room

By chetannarula ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian coach Gary Kirsten has spoken up for the first time after the slapping incident involving Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh. The coach is of the view, that after the disciplinary action against the off-spinner, both the players are keen to leave the incident behind and get on with it. He said that Bhajji is [...]

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