The BCCI, on Tuesday (July 9) confirmed Gautam Gambhir as the brand new head coach of the Indian staff. The previous opener has succeeded Rahul Dravid as the top coach of the staff.
Dravid served as the top coach of the staff from 2021 until the T20 World Cup final month. His authentic contract got here to an finish after the ODI World Cup final yr however the BCCI managed to persuade him to increase his keep by a number of months.
Underneath Dravid, Group India loved good success throughout codecs. They reached the ultimate of all three ICC competitions throughout codecs with Dravid as the top coach. Final yr, India reached the ultimate of the World Take a look at Championship and the ODI World Cup though they ended up dropping each the video games towards Australia.
India lastly ended their lengthy await an ICC trophy final month by successful the T20 World Cup. The onus will probably be on Gautam Gambhir to make sure that Group India stays heading in the right direction and continues to do properly throughout codecs.
“It’s with immense pleasure that I welcome Mr @GautamGambhir as the brand new Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Group,” wrote BCCI secretary Jay Shah on X.
Abhishek Nayar, Vinay Kumar to hitch Gautam Gambhir?
With Gautam Gambhir confirmed as the top coach of the staff, the BCCI will now be trying to finalize the opposite help employees members. Together with Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathour, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey and fielding coach T Dilip parted methods with the staff as properly.
In response to current media stories, the BCCI will invite purposes for the posts quickly though Gautam Gambhir has been given the free hand to decide on his personal help employees.
And in response to Dainik Jagran’s Abhishek Tripathi, Gambhir has requested for former India cricketers Abhishek Nayar and Vinay Kumar because the batting and bowling coaches respectively. He additional acknowledged that the BCCI is but to take a last name on it.
“Abhishek Nair has been requested as batting coach and Vinay Kumar because the bowling coach. It isn’t identified whether or not this will probably be fulfilled or not,” Tripathi wrote on X.
बल्लेबाजी कोच के तौर पर अभिषेक नायर और गेंदबाजी कोच के तौर पर विनय कुमार की मांग की गई है। पूरी होगी या नहीं ये पता नहीं।
— Abhishek Tripathi / अभिषेक त्रिपाठी (@abhishereporter) July 9, 2024
Neither Nayar nor Kumar have served because the coach of any state or nationwide staff however have ample expertise. Nayar has plied his commerce as Kolkata Knight Riders’ assistant coach and has obtained reward from throughout for his work. Earlier this yr, he and Gambhir labored collectively for the IPL outfit. Vinay Kumar, however, has served because the bowling coach of MI Emirates in UAE’s ILT20 up to now.
