Gary Kirsten-The most successful and World Cup winning coach
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Today I will write about Gary Kirsten,the best coach in my eyes.
Gary Kirsten was never blessed the flair and therefore the almost pure technique of his half-brother Peter, but his discipline, temperament and his penchant for diligence stood during his days as a batsman, when he became so established at the highest of the South African card that it's almost impossible to think how they might cope without him. Then, all those virtues brought him rich rewards after his playing days too, as he became one among the foremost successful and popular coaches of India. The side visited the highest of the Test rankings during his stint, which ended, quite fittingly, with India's World Cup triumph in 2011.
As a batsman, what stood out was his determination, the power to concentrate for long periods and a burning desire to attain runs. A left-hander with a comparatively unique technique, Kirsten simply figured out his strengths and weaknesses and based his game around them. during this respect he was one among the foremost organised batsman to play for South Africa since their readmission. Calm and down to earth , he brought a healthy degree of sense to the art of batting, which possibly explains why off the sector and within the room the dafter side of his personality came out. Periodically, Kirsten endured patches when he persistently got call at similar fashion - chopping the ball on to his stumps, as an example , or getting himself caught down the leg side.
Each time this happened, though, Kirsten worked through the matter , made the adjustments and played himself back to form. He enjoyed to play and gained particular success on the subcontinent - where other players have floundered against the turning ball.
- Childhood
Gary Kirsten being a former South African cricketer as well as a captain was born on 23 November 1967 in Cape Town,South Africa , He played for South Africa as a gap batsman between 1993 and 2004. he's a left-handed batsman and a right arm off break bowler.Kirsten had a successful amateur career as an adolescent before making his professional debut as a 19-year old. He played professionally for Western Province from 1987-2004.
- Career
On 26 December 1993,Gary Kirsten made his Test debut against Australia in Melbourne on 26 December 1993. He made ODI debut on 11 December 1993 during a match against New Zealand At Adelaide Oval.With sturdy batting performance in his debut matches, he occupied the place of opening batsman within the team.He played 101 Test matches and 185 at some point Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as a gap batsman.Peter the half brother of his,also played provincial cricket for Western Province.And then later for the South Africa cricket team including the highlight of the Cricket World Cup in 1992.
- Low Points
Kirsten had problems with her delivery, something for which she chanted slogans for hours to clear the net. The bowlers used his weak point to dismiss him but after a while he got control over it.
- Records
He played the second longest innings in Test history and scored 2 runs for more than 14 and a half hours against England. He was the first Test batsman to score a century against each of the other nine Test nations. Gary has scored 21 Test centuries to his name, the most before surpassing Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers.He became the first Test batsman to make hundreds against 9 Test nations Team.
- Retirement
Gary retired from international cricket in 2004. He was appointed coach of the Indian cricket team in March 2006 and was with the team until their winning campaign at the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The two-year term coach of the South African national cricket team. Kirsten was appointed coach of the Hobart Hurricane cricket team in April 2017.
Coaching Career
- India(2008-2011)
After retiring, Kirsten organized his own cricket academy.It emerged that Kirsten was the candidate for the vacant post of India coach in November 2007. The BCCI offered him a two-year contract for the post, and even after defending his concerns about the full support of Indian players, he confirmed that he would take up the post on 4 December.He officially started coaching on March 1, 2008. However, he had earlier traveled to Australia with India during the Test series. His first full series was against his home country South Africa in March-April 2008 which was 1-1. He also coached India in the finals of the Kitply Cup and the 2006 Asia Cup (India lost two finals). While coaching India, the Indian cricket team won a home series against Australia 2-0.In addition to winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he coached India to their first bilateral series win against Srilanka and India's first Test and ODI series win against New Zealand in 40 years. India also won the Compaq Cup and lost to Srilanka by 446 runs in the final on 14 September 2009. A highly skilled batsman in his own right, he has significantly improved his batting performance. He guided India to win the title of World Cup in 2011 and become the most successful coach.
- South Africa
Kirsten was appointed full-time coach for South African national cricket team for 2years on 5 June 2011. His first step was named AB de Villiers as the new captain in the limited overs game and replacing Graeme Smith as the Test captain. Kirsten started his career as a coach on 1 August and his first job was a home series against Australia.After Mickey Arthur resigned after the home series against England in 2009-10, he took over from Carrie Van Jill, who had been the interim coach for 14 months. Under Kirsten, in August 2012, South Africa topped the ICC Test rankings, beating England 2-0.
He was aslo worked in many franchising league such as Hobart Hurricane in 2017,Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2018 and many other.
From my point of view he is the most successful and best coach for any team.
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