Gary Kirsten asks players to follow three principles to ‘bring pride back to Pakistan cricket’

Pakistan men’s side conveyed to follow three guiding principles by Gary Kirsten in connection camp. (Source – Getty Images)

The PCB-organised connection camp for the players and coaching staff was held in Lahore on September 23. The conference was attended by head coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie, with Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, and Shadab Khan joining in as well.

In a recent discussion, white-ball coach Kirsten shared the main agenda of the meeting as well as the first two underlying principles of professionalism and pride, something which he wanted to be rigidly followed by the men’s side.

“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 was quoted as saying by India Today.

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There are processes that you need to put in place: Kirsten

Kirsten emphasised upon following a certain pathway to building as a group and the third postulate he shed light on was unity. 

“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 are focusing on. We want to know that we have 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,” concluded Kirsten.

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The 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy will be Pakistan’s first global event they will be hosting after they co-hosted the 1996 World Cup, and Kirsten & Co. will desperately want to put on a better showing than they did in their previous couple of ICC events.