Herschelle Gibbs entertained Proteas and IPL followers along with his sensationally instinctive shot-making. Where is the gifted former batsman now?
Herschelle Gibbs had virtually TOO a lot expertise
You know these varieties, the guys in class who have been good at each sport. Herschelle Gibbs was a kind of at Bishops in Cape Town. He performed flyhalf for the first rugby staff and nonetheless boasts the quickest recorded time over the 100m dash at his old fashioned. There have been additionally rumours that North London giants Arsenal and Tottenham invited the mercurial Gibbs for a trial.
Gibbs has a cavalier strategy to batting and life
438 recreation
Gibbs scored 175 runs off 111 balls in a staggering show of aggressive batting in a match that no South African followers will ever neglect. Besides, we get served highlights just about yearly round Boxing Day. The Proteas received that a lot by one wicket with one ball remaining. Gibbs’ innings at Johannesburg will dwell endlessly in the reminiscence, partially as a result of it was such an ideal abstract of him as a participant. March twelfth, 2006 is nonetheless a reference level for ODI cricket.
World Cup BMT
Gibbs scored 143 in opposition to New Zealand in the 2003 World Cup when the Proteas contested the event on dwelling soil. However, as all of us painfully know, it wasn’t sufficient to steer us to the trophy. Rain struck on that day. Duckworth Lewis has by no means been the proteas’ greatest pal.
IPL Champion
In 2009 with the Deccan Chargers, Gibbs was an IPL Champions. That type of the recreation fits him. Not solely due to his insanely spectacular pinch-hitting capacity however his knack for hitting the stumps and limiting runs in the area along with his agility and reflexes. Gibbs was infamous for affecting runouts in all types of the recreation. Gibbs grew to become the first participant to hit six consecutive sixes in a single over in ODI cricket, in opposition to the Netherlands in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Impressive Proteas stats regardless of his risk-taking strategy at the crease
Gibbs took dangers as a result of that’s simply how he’s wired. Despite that, his general stats are fairly sturdy.
Where is Herschelle Gibbs now?
In July 2019, Gibbs was appointed head coach of the Rotterdam Rhinos for the inaugural version of the Euro T20 Slam cricket event. He additionally coached groups in the Shpageeza Cricket League and Kuwait’s nationwide squad. In November 2020, he was chosen by the Colombo Kings as the head coach for the inaugural version of the Lanka Premier League. On 2 January 2021, he was chosen as the new head coach of Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League.
2024 has been an particularly good yr for him. He proposed to his girlfriend Dana Németh in January and turned 50 in February.
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