Heinrich Malan: After registering a historic win in the T20 series against India, Ireland cricket has suffered a big shock. Ireland cricket team head coach Henrique Malan has resigned from his post. 45-year-old Henrique Malan has announced his resignation as head coach after Ireland’s historic series win against India. Ireland Cricket gave this information by posting on social media.

The board said that Henrique Malan was made the head coach of the Ireland cricket team in the year 2022. His contract was till the beginning of 2027. However, he has already decided to leave the responsibility of head coach. Ireland Cricket has appointed Gary Wilson as the new head coach of the men’s team.

Why did Henrique Malan resign?

Ireland cricket team’s high performance director Graham West has given the reason for Malan’s resignation. He told that for the last few months, discussions were going on regarding the preparations for the 2027 World Cup qualifiers. Malan himself expressed his desire to step back at this juncture, so that the new coach gets time to adjust to the team before the ODI series against Afghanistan in August.

Major achievements of Ireland team during Malan’s tenure

In the year 2022, Heinrich Klaasen took over the responsibility of head coach of the Ireland cricket team. During his tenure, Irish cricket achieved many great achievements. It was during Heinrich Klaasen’s tenure that Ireland qualified for the T20 World Cup three consecutive times. Ireland defeated England in T20 World Cup 2022. After this, during his tenure, Ireland won 3 test matches and prepared good players who could compete with international level teams.

Defeated India in historic series

It was during the tenure of Heinrich Klaasen that the Irish team registered a historic victory against India. Ireland gave a clean sweep to India in the 2 T20 match series. This is the first time that Ireland has defeated India in an international series. Apart from India, the Ireland team has caused upsets with many big teams. At present, the responsibility of head coach of Ireland cricket has been handed over to Gary Wilson.

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