Gary Kirsten breached his contract, says PCB chief, reveals new white-ball coach will be named before Zim tour

Gary Kirsten stepped down as the white-ball coach of Pakistan on Monday (Oct 28). Just six months into his job, the former South African opener shocked one and all by resigning from his post. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chiefMohsin Naqvi has now made some shocking claims that Kirsten breached his contract. Naqvi also revealed that Pakistan will have a new white-ball coach before their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe.

Naqvi told the media in a recent interaction, "He (Kirsten) broke his contract with the PCB and made some breaches. He ended the contract with us. We will have a new white ball head coach by the end of this month because Jason Gillespie has only agreed to manage the team in Australia for the white ball matches on an interim basis. He is more focused on his role as red ball head coach. The team will have a new white ball coach for the Zimbabwe tour."

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The PCB, however, didn't give details behind Kirsten's sudden resignation. However, according to a PTI report, it is believed that it all happened because Kirsten wasn't involved when the PCB announced the squads for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe and Australia andthe new limited-overs captain (a role taken over by Mohammad Rizwan).

Further, the sourcesclaimed that Kirsten had breached some clauses of his contract by not spending enough time in Pakistan and also insisted on having a full foreign coaching support staff. Thus, this wasn't well received by the PCB.