Gary Kirsten joins ICC Cricket Committee

India coach Gary Kirsten will join the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee which will discuss the use of coloured ball in day-night Tests, the future of one-day cricket format and the controversial switch hit in its two-day meeting starting on Thursday.

Gary Kirsten’s comments should be taken seriously by the players: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that the Indian players should take their coach Gary Kirsten’s comments, on the fitness of Indian players, seriously.

Kirsten questions fitness, commitment of Indian players

Coach of the Indian cricket team, Gary Kirsten, is not happy with the team’s lacklustre performance in the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and he has raised questions on the fitness and commitment levels of the Indian players, saying that he, at 42, is fitter than some players in the team.

Dhoni confident of a good show as India leaves for World T20

We have cheered for our respective cities over the past few weeks but it’s now time to get together and cheer for the Men in Blue! As the Indian cricket team leaves for the Caribbean in a bid to regain the World T20 title, which India won in 2007 but couldn’t defend in 2009, the man who led his team to an IPL title win last Sunday, MS Dhoni, is all ready to lead the country now.

40-50 overs on final day enough to bowl out SA: Kirsten

Indian coach Gary Kirsten said after the fourth day’s play here that 40-50 overs on the final day should be enough to bowl out the South Africans but he is not sure whether even those would be possible with the kind of weather prevailing in the city.

If we bat well, we can still win the game: Kirsten

Indian coach Gary Kirsten came out in support of the Indian bowlers after South Africa posted a mammoth 558 for 6 on the board in the first innings of the first test, saying that the bowlers tried their best but were unlucky not to have dismissed the Proteas for a smaller score and that the onus is now on the batsmen to bring India back into the game.

Kirsten to stay on as coach: BCCI

Despite reports that Indian coach Gary Kirsten is the prime contender to take over as South African coach after Micky Arthur resigned from the position earlier this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is confident that Kirsten will stay on as coach of the Indian team for at least another year.

Yuvraj out of first test against SA, Dravid doubtful

India has suffered a major jolt before the key test series against South Africa to be played next month with two of their middle-order mainstays Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh, being doubtful starters for the first test of the series, said the Indian coach Gary Kirsten on Tuesday.

Strange that my first big assignment is against SA: Simons

India’s newly appointed bowling consultant, Eric Simons, said on Monday that it feels strange that his first big assignment as bowling coach will be against his own country, South Africa, against whom India is scheduled to play two tests and three one-dayers next month.

Eric Simons named India’s new bowling coach

After Gary Kirsten and Paddy Upton, another South African enters the Indian camp with former South African fast bowler Eric Simons being named India’s new bowling coach.

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