former head coach Dean Jones' death in September 2020, reports began to spread in December 2020 that Kirsten was appointed as the new head coach of the Karachi Kings. This was later revealed to be untrue, with Kirsten only being considered for the job, and it ultimately being given to former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs. In January 2021, reports came in that the Pakistan Cricket Board was planning to fire current head coach Misbah-Ul-Haq. This came following the team's poor results against New Zealand in the World Test Championship. Kirsten is reported to be a favourite for the job, along with former Zimbabwean player Andy Flower. In January 2022, Kirsten was appointed batting coach and mentor of newly formed Gujarat Titans. Following the dismissal of Chris Silverwood due to the England Cricket Team's 4-0 defeat in the 2021-22 Ashes series, Kirsten emerged as a favourite for the role of Men's Test Head Coach having previously been linked with the England Cricket Team prior to Silverwood's appointment in 2019. The role was instead given to Brendon McCullum. Business interests In 2007, Kirsten joined Paddy Upton and Dale Williams to form a company called Performance Zone. The focus of the company is to work with individuals and teams in business and sport, bringing out their clients' best performance. When Kirsten was appointed Indian coach and Upton as Indian mental conditioning coach on a two-year contract, they decided to continue the business. Its first project post Kirsten taking on the Indian coach role has been the creation of garykirsten.com. References South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Western Province cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year South Africa Test cricket captains 1967 births Living people Coaches of the Indian national cricket team Coaches of the South Africa national cricket team Sportspeople from Cape Town Alumni of Rondebosch Boys' High School Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Indian Premier League coaches South African cricket coaches