Aaqib Javed replaces Jason Gillespie as interim Pakistan white-ball coach

Javed’s interim assignment runs until March 9, 2025, coinciding with the extremity of the ICC Champions Trophy being staged successful Pakistan.

Pakistan has again changed its coaching lineup, appointing erstwhile accelerated bowler Aaqib Javed arsenic interim caput manager for the achromatic shot team.

In the past 2 years, Pakistan cricket has ploughed done 5 coaches, 3 committee heads, 3 captains and galore formats of the home competition, portion suffering a drawstring of humiliating defeats.

Javed volition regenerate Jason Gillespie who steered the nationalist broadside to a caller 2-1 ODI distant bid triumph implicit satellite champions Australia, earlier slumping to a 3-0 T20 bid decision against the Aussies.

Gillespie, Pakistan’s red-ball caput coach, had replaced erstwhile South African Gary Kirsten who resigned implicit differences with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) past month.

“Aaqib Javed, a erstwhile planetary accelerated bowler, is appointed arsenic the interim caput manager of the Pakistan men’s cricket squad until the ICC Champions Trophy 2025,” said a PCB merchandise connected Monday.

It refuted reports Gillespie – the erstwhile Australian prima bowler – would beryllium removed, announcing helium would stay red-ball caput manager for the two-match Test bid successful South Africa adjacent month.

Javed is besides a subordinate of Pakistan’s elder enactment committee which has been repeatedly reshuffled since Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi took implicit arsenic PCB president successful February.

A imperishable caput manager volition beryllium appointed aft the ICC Champions Trophy which Pakistan is owed to big from February 19 until March 9 – taxable to India’s participation.

Last week, India threw the eight-team planetary contention into question by refusing to nonstop their squad to Pakistan connected information fears and projected their matches beryllium played astatine a neutral venue extracurricular the country.

The PCB said it would not judge a hybrid exemplary and insisted the full tourney should beryllium staged successful Pakistan.

Javed’s archetypal duty volition beryllium 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is successful Zimbabwe from November 24 until December 5, followed by a white-ball circuit of South Africa starting December 10.

In the lead-up to the Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan volition big New Zealand and South Africa for an ODI triangular bid from February 8-14.

Mohammad Rizwan is the existent white-ball skipper of the Pakistan nationalist squad arsenic it embarks connected a circuit of Zimbabwe, starting November 24 [Ayush Kumar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]