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Mark Butcher slams Pak’s obsession, hails Gambhir’s India after T20 World Cup win

Mark Butcher slams Pak’s obsession, hails Gambhir’s India after T20 World Cup win

3 min readUpdated: Mar 10, 2026 05:59 PM IST Former England cricketer Mark Butcher praised India after their T20 World Cup 2026 triumph while also criticising Pakistan for being stuck in an obsession with personal milestones over team gains. Butcher said other teams could learn from India’s move away from relying on “individual superstars” for success. “There’s quite a stark contrast there in the way that their neighbours from the north (west) in Pakistan are still stuck in the idea of personal milestones and individual superstars. Gautam Gambhir, who’s had his detractors over his time in charge, has basically walked away from that mantra and has built a team,” Butcher told Wisden. Indian coach Gautam Gambhir had also emphasised his views on getting the results and not running behind milestones. After India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026 final in Ahmedabad on Sunday for their third T20 title, Gambhir said, “For too long in Indian cricket, we’ve spoken about milestones, and I hope, till I’m there, we’re not going …

Jason Gillespie explains why he couldn’t take up Pakistan white-ball coach role | Cricket News

Jason Gillespie explains why he couldn’t take up Pakistan white-ball coach role | Cricket News

Ever since Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Aaqib Javed as a interim white-ball coach, speculations have been rife about the future of their Test coach Jason Gillespie. And the Australian has cleared the air, stating that the decision to not take over the white-ball team came as a mutual agreement between him and the PCB. Gillespie, who was earlier appointed as the Test team coach, accompanied the white-ball squad for their recent tour to Australia. He had stepped after Pakistan’s white-ball coach Gary Kirsten had resigned from the role. And despite the team winning the ODI series, PCB had named Javed as their new interim coach of the white-ball side till the Champions Trophy. “I was asked to do the white-ball tour of Australia after Gary Kirsten resigned from the Pakistan white-ball game. And I was still in Pakistan at that time, the team were flying out to Australia and I was actually flying home with Tim Nielson and we agreed to help out and do the white-ball leg. And then I did say to the …

‘Goal is to unite Pakistan team’: With T20 World Cup 2024 coming, Pakistan turns to Gary Kirsten, a World Cup-winner with India | Cricket News

Pakistan Cricket board has announced three key personal to take charge of the Pakistan men’s cricket team: Jason Gillespie will take charge of the Pakistan cricket team for the red-ball format while Gary Kirsten will manage the team in white-ball games. Meanwhile, Azhar Mahmood has also been confirmed as an assistant coach across all formats for the Pakistan men’s team. The three appointments have been made for a two-year period following a recruitment process, PCS said in a press release. Kirsten is currently in India as batting coach with the Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans. Under him, India had won the 2011 ODI World Cup and reached the No 1 position on the ICC Test Team Rankings. Kirsten takes charge of Pakistan at a crucial juncture: the next two years will see ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan, ACC T20 Asia Cup 2025 and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka. Kirsten also coached South Africa men’s cricket team from 2011-2013 …