Guatam Gambhir: Only a few days are left in the tenure of Rahul Dravid, the head coach of the Indian cricket team. His tenure as head coach with Team India will end with the conclusion of the T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, the BCCI has been looking for a head coach for Team India for the last few days. At one time there was talk of making former Team India batsman and KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir the head coach. At the same time, there was a discussion in the corridors of cricket that the announcement of Gambhir's name is yet to be made.

However, this is not the case and the BCCI is eyeing a new foreign player.

not Guatam Gambhir Mahela Jayawardene can become head coach

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wants to appoint a foreign coach for Team India.

In such a situation, the BCCI is keeping Gautam Gambhir very low in the priority list. Sri Lanka cricket team's consultant coach Mahela Jayawardene can be appointed as the coach of Team India. In fact, Mahela Jayawardene, who was appointed as the consultant coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team in the year 2022, has resigned from the post of coach after Sri Lanka's poor performance in the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, if the news flying on social media is to be believed, then BCCI can soon appoint him as the head coach of Team India.

These are the reasons why Guatam Gambhir was dropped

Gautam Gambhir seems to be quite straight forward in his views and in such a situation, if he becomes the head coach of Team India, there can be a clash of views with the team captain and other players. At the same time, Gautam Gambhir's experience also pushes him behind in this race. Gambhir has not played any role as a coach till now. He has neither coached any national team nor does he have experience of coaching a domestic cricket team.

In this case, he lags behind Mahela Jayawardene. Mahela Jayawardene has played the role of assistant coach for his national team apart from many leagues including the Indian Premier League. Jayawardene has played the role of coaching consultant for the England cricket team.