Kirsten was appointed as Pakistan\u2019s white-ball coach in April 2024, the same time when Jason Gillespie became the Test team head coach. But just six months into his job, Kirsten resigned from the role. Months later, Gillespie, who was the coach when Pakistan won the ODI series in Australia, quit the team\u2019s coaching staff.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"It was a tumultuous few months. I realised quite quickly I wasn\u2019t going to have much of an influence. \"Once I was taken off selection and asked to take a team and not be able to shape the team, it became very difficult as a coach then to have any sort of positive influence on the group,\" Kirsten said on the Wisden Podcast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kirsten, who was also batting coach of the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL), further stated he is open to a return to coaching the Pakistan team, but under the right circumstances and with no external noise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"If I got invited back to Pakistan tomorrow, I would go, but I would want to go for the players, and I would want to go under the right circumstances. Cricket teams need to be run by cricket people. When that\u2019s not happening and when there\u2019s a lot of noise from the outside that\u2019s very influential noise, it\u2019s very difficult for leaders within the team to walk a journey that you feel like you need to walk in order to take this team to where it needs to go.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I\u2019m too old now to be dealing with other agendas; I just want to coach a cricket team and work with the players \u2013 I love the Pakistan players; they\u2019re great guys. I had a very short period of time with them, and I feel for them. More than any other team in the world, they feel the pressure of performance massively; when they lose, it\u2019s hectic for them, and they feel that.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"If I got invited back to Pakistan tomorrow, I would go, but I would want to go for the players, and I would want to go under the right circumstances. Cricket teams need to be run by cricket people. When that\u2019s not happening and when there\u2019s a lot of noise from the outside that\u2019s very influential noise, it\u2019s very difficult for leaders within the team to walk a journey that you feel like you need to walk in order to take this team to where it needs to go.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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