England’s next Test captain (England Cricket Team) Who will be there and who will be entrusted with the responsibility of coaching the team? The fans have probably got the answer to these two questions. There are reports that Ben Stokes may be the next Test captain of England and Gary Kirsten is about to become the coach of the Test team. Let us tell you that England has had a very poor performance in the Test format. The team is at the bottom of the World Test Championship points table. After the Ashes series, the team also faced a disappointing defeat in the Test series against the West Indies, after which Joe Root left the captaincy. Ben Stokes now (Ben Stokes) May be given the command of the Test team and Gary Kirsten, who is coaching Gujarat Lions in IPL 2022 (Gary Kirsten) After the tournament, he can join the English Test team.
According to the Daily Mail report, Gary Kirsten himself wants to become the coach of England and has told this to the new ECB director Rob Key. Let us tell you that the last date for applying to become the coach of England’s Test team and ODI team is 6 May and after that the interviews will start from 9 May.
Gary Kirsten has a great record
Let us tell you that Gary Kirsten’s experience as a coach is fantastic. Apart from IPL, he has also coached India and South Africa teams. Under his coaching, India also won the World Cup in 2011. Gary Kirsten became the coach of Team India in 2008 and under his coaching, India defeated Australia 2-0 at home. Apart from this, India defeated Sri Lanka for the first time in a Test series at their home. It was under the coaching of Gary Kirsten that India won the Test and ODI series on New Zealand soil after 40 years. Gary Kirsten himself was a great batsman, which also benefited the batsmen of Team India. This is needed at the moment by the English batsmen who are forced to stay on the wicket. By the way, apart from Gary Kirsten, Graham Ford and Simon Katich are also contenders to become England’s coach.
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Will Ben Stokes be the captain?
Apart from the new coach, who will be the new Test captain of England is also an important question. All-rounder Ben Stokes is a strong contender for this post. It is likely that Rob may confirm Stokes as the captain this week. Robb will formally meet the media at Lord’s on Thursday. England have to play the next Test series against New Zealand from June 2 while the team will take on the Netherlands in the limited overs series.