Gary Kirsten has admitted that his coaching stint with Pakistan's white-ball cricket team was a nightmare and the state of the sport's administration in the country is quite 'tumultuous'.

In a recent chat with Wisden, Kirsten revealed that he quickly realized he lacked authority over team selection, which hindered his ability to positively influence the players.

"It was a tumultuous few months," Kirsten is quoted as saying by Wisden.

"I realised quite quickly I wasn't going to have much of an influence. Once I was taken off selection and asked to take a team and not be able to shape the team, it became very difficult as a coach then to have any sort of positive influence on the group."

However, despite these challenges, Kirsten expressed a strong affection for the Pakistani players and would consider returning under better circumstances.

"If I got invited back to Pakistan tomorrow, I would go, but I would want to go for the players, and I would want to go under the right circumstances," he said.

He also stressed on the importance of cricketing leadership, stating that external pressures complicate the journey toward success for the team.

"Cricket teams need to be run by cricket people," said Kirsten. "When that's not happening and when there's a lot of noise from the outside that's very influential noise, it's very difficult for leaders within the team to walk a journey that you feel like you need to walk in order to take this team to where it needs to go."

"I'm too old now to be dealing with other agendas, I just want to coach a cricket team, work with the players – I love the Pakistan players, they're great guys. I had a very short period of time with them and I feel for them. More than any other team in the world, they feel the pressure of performance massively; when they lose, it's hectic for them, and they feel that.

Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Sports, Cricket and around the world.