The Indian cricket team's South African coach Gary Kirsten credits former New Zealand captain and ex India coach John Wright for providing him with insights on how to approach one of the toughest and most demanding jobs in the game.
Gary Kirsten said coaching an international team like India is tough and he draws inspiration from his late coach Bob Woolmer to deal with the high-pressure job. "I remember how Bob lived for his job as international coach. Even though the players told him not to get worked up for nothing, he could not calm down," Kirsten recalled.
The former South Africa opener may take on the job of India coach, left vacant by Greg Chappell.
Gary Kirsten, who guided India to World Cup glory and pinnacle of Test cricket, was on Monday appointed as South Africa coach for a term of two years.
GT are probably missing New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson, who they have traded to Kolkata Knight Riders.
India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten on Saturday said although experienced players like Sachin Tendulkar would be missed in the ODI tri-series in Bangladesh but their absence has opened a window of opportunity for the younger lot drafted in to replace the old warhorses.
'As a batting unit, you can't lose as many wickets as we are losing. Players have got to take responsibility when that opportunity comes.'
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said he had never planned to promote himself up the order during the finals of the cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka rather it was coach Gary Kirsten who came up with that instant idea.
Gary Kirsten has the uncanny ability to extract the best out of the players in pressure situations and India will sorely miss him if he does not renew his contract with the Cricket Board after the World Cup starting next month, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.
Sack Gambhir before he damages any more careers, if you must. But it cannot stop there. The project ahead must be bigger, more ambitious, and far more urgent: Rebuilding the spine of Indian cricket from the grassroots up, and giving the Test team the seriousness it deserves. Only then will Indian cricket stop lurching from one crisis to another and begin, once again, to imagine greatness, suggests Prem Panicker.
Gary Kirsten, feels that Duncan Fletcher played a 'huge role' during his four-year tenure.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has told coach Gary Kirsten not to comment on the team on his personal web site. The South African, who took over in March, said there is a need to introduce a rotation policy, adding that one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in need of rest.
Barely a month has passed since the players got a deserved break after a packed international calendar and already coach Gary Kirsten has called his wards back for training. The idea behind the move, says Kirsten, is to gauge the team's physical condition and at the same time look to improve their fitness standards ahead of the busy new season.
Former India coach Gary Kirsten is all set to take over the reigns of the South African cricket team with his ex-teammate Allan Donald assisting him, a media report said.
Undaunted by the traditionally seam-friendly Basin Reserve track, India coach Gary Kirsten said his side will have no trouble adjusting to it in the third and final cricket Test against New Zealand, beginning in Wellington on Friday. Kirsten said he sees no reason to be hassled about the wicket or cold, windy conditions the team will encounter.
South Africa cricket coach Gary Kirsten, who guided India to the ODI World Cup triumph and the number one Test ranking while in charge of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men, feels the Proteas can be the most dominant team internationally.
Duncan Fletcher's appointment as coach of the Indian cricket team is a positive change, as the Zimbabwean brings a wealth of experience to the table, feels former coach Gary Kirsten.
Kirsten said it is not improbable if India can figure a way to make things right in the knockout games.
Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten said the BCCI gave an offer letter for the India coach's job with one week's time to reply.
South Africa cricket coach Gary Kirsten will not renew his contract after next month's Champions Trophy, citing family reasons in a surprise decision announced on Friday.
Gary Kirsten, who stepped down as India cricket coach after guiding the team to its first World Cup title in 28 years, now wants take up the top job in South Africa even though he has not submitted a formal application before dateline.
Choke is a word which has haunted South African cricket for three decades but rather than shy away from it, departing coach Gary Kirsten has embraced the term in a bid to end their semi-final hoodoo.
India coach Gary Kirsten is not in the running for a similar job in the South African side but could be involved with Mumbai Indians in the IPL, a report said on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old who had originally planned to quit Tests last year, said his retirement was overdue.
Prolific Indian opener Gautam Gambhir says the Board of Control for Cricket in India should renew coach Gary Kirsten's contract after it expires at the end of next year's World Cup.
Kirsten said he would, however, be joining the Indian team possibly in the middle of its tour of Australia, starting later this month, as a consultant.
Pakistan's new white-ball captain Muhammad Rizwan, after initial reluctance, has agreed to the PCB's new selection policy and will not have any voting right in the short-listing of touring squads or the playing eleven, according to a source in the board.
The South African is set to take up his new post on December 3 so as to get enough time to familiarise with the Indian team.
If at all Allan Donald agreed to be bowling coach of South Africa, it was because of Gary Kirsten's presence as head coach of the team.
Indian cricket coach Gary Kirsten says the secret of his successful stint with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men so far lies in the way he has embraced the country and its work ethics.
Speaking on the 'Cricket Collective' podcast, Kirsten recalled the "bizarre" series of events that unfolded in 2007.
India coach Gary Kirsten will be unavailable for the third Test against Sri Lanka as he is returning to South Africa to attend to his ill mother.
A secret four-part document detailing the benefits of sex, and put together by India cricket coach Gary Kirsten and mental conditioning expert Paddy Upton, has been handed over to members of the Indian cricket team.
Earlier, reports claimed some of the senior members of the Indian team were not happy with Kirsten's appointment as they felt that the current set-up with manager Lalchand Rajput, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh had delivered the goods.
'He had a massive impact on me in those early years. I was very realistic about my abilities'
South Africa is keen to avail Gary Kirsten's services after his contract with India expires next year but the country's cricket board (CSA) might not be able to afford the former Protea left-handed batsman in the wake of a sponsorship row, according to a report.
With world-class series against some top sides lined up, India coach Gary Kirsten said the team couldn't have asked for a better build-up to the 2011 World Cup.
Several players of the Indian team which made a humiliating exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies are overweight, unfit and indisciplined, reports quoted coach Gary Kirsten as complaining.
Current senior selector Aaqib Javed and former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq are in fray to replace Gary Kirsten as Pakistan's new white ball coach after the former Proteas batter stepped down
Gary Kirsten will have his first interaction with the Indian team ahead of the third Test against Pakistan.
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