Pakistan will begin their home series against Bangladesh, Shan Masood is the captain for the test series, and Jason Gillespie will commence his first series as a head coach for Pakistan’s test team.
Jason Gillespie is a very calm and composed person, but during his days he has shattered many batters even bowlers, how this new role suits him because Gary Kirsten had complained about their fitness and no cooperation between them so he is he is going to handle the team is a big question.
Ricky Ponting feels Jason Gillespie is like Gautam Gambhir
Ricky Ponting knows Jason Gillespie quite well as they have played together for Australia and his contribution to winning games is also equally appreciated and now he is starting his new journey as a head coach but this job is nothing new to him, he has coached Netherlands as a bowling coach so now this head coach role is completely new for him but he will learn from this and to manage the team well, other things, etc, so on this Ricky Ponting stated that Jason Gillespie resembles like Gautam Gambhir, body language, work style, etc. Ricky Ponting said:
“Jason Gillespie is a bit like Gambhir. Pretty much everywhere he has been, his coaching record has been very very good. He will have some challenges I got no doubt about it. But he is a deep thinker and as I said, a quiet person that goes about it in his way.”
“We’ve got a few WhatsApp groups over the years, all of us old guys that have played together. So everyone congratulated him (Gillespie) and wished him luck in that role. And look, to be honest, I am not surprised at all by the amount of changes in that group. I know it is a different format but they had a very disappointing T20 World Cup. If you are not willing to make some changes, you’re expecting similar results to come your way.”
How Pakistan will play under Jason Gillespie and whether they will bring any change into there style and pattern, let’s see how it goes.