Gary Kirsten rules out India’s head coach role

Gary Kirsten ruled out India coaching after he admitted that he preferred concentrating on his academy work rather than taking up full-time coaching. Recently, the former South Africna opening batsman had revealed that he had received a couple of calls from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) offering him another spell as India’s head coach. India have been without a coach after Duncan Fletcher’s contract came to an end following the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Team director Ravi Shastri has been performing that role in the absence of a full-time coach and he has been fairing well so far. READ: India unchanged for final 2 Tests vs South Africa in Gandhi-Mandela series 2015

However, India recently faced a disappointing defeat in the One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) series against South Africa at home. According to Khaleej Times, he said, “I’m enjoying working in my own academy space for the mean time. I’m doing some clinics in Dubai so looking forward to that.”

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Kirsten, who will turn 48 on Monday, was in the UAE Capital as one of the panellists for the Abu Dhabi Chapter 27th Annual International Seminar organised by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The other panellists were former Indian cricketers Mohinder Amarnath and Sunil Gavaskar.

The former cricketer was approached by the by director of England Cricket Andrew Strauss for an advisory role with the England Lions on a short-term basis and the South African will be a consultant before England Lions’ limited-overs series against Pakistan ‘A’ in the UAE in January next year.