Gautam Gambhir: The tenure of the current head coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid, will end after the ICC T20 World Cup starting on the soil of America and West Indies from June 2. In such a situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has intensified the search for a new head coach and has also issued an advertisement inviting applications.

But in the meantime a big revelation has come to light. Former Team India opener Gautam Gambhir has become the main contender to become the new head coach of Team India. BCCI has also talked to him in this matter.

Gautam Gambhir will guide Team India

42-year-old Gautam Gambhir is the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 and under his guidance, KKR became the first team to officially reach the playoffs. At the same time, now ESPN Cricinfo has claimed in its report that BCCI is interested in making Gautam Gambhir the next head coach of Team India and preliminary discussions have also been held with him in this matter. However, the decision has not been finalized yet. After the end of IPL 2024, this topic will be discussed once again between the board and Gautam Gambhir.

Gautam Gambhir does not have coaching experience

Gautam Gambhir was part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup in 2007 and then the ODI World Cup in 2011. However, he has no coaching experience. He has previously played the role of mentor for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL and is currently with Kolkata Knight Riders. But he does not have any experience at the international level.

Gautam Gambhir's career has been like this

Gautam Gambhir is one of the best opening batsmen in the history of Indian cricket. He has scored 4154 runs in 58 test matches played for Team India at an average of 41.96. At the same time, he has played 147 matches in the ODI format, in which he scored 5238 runs with his bat at an average of 39.68. Apart from this, he scored 932 runs in 37 T20 matches. The left-handed batsman has scored a total of 21 centuries and 63 half-centuries in international cricket.