File picture of Gautam Gambhir.© BCCI
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Gautam Gambhir as the top coach of the senior males’s cricket crew on Tuesday. Ever since Gambhir took the put up left vacant by Rahul Dravid, whose tenure ended with the conclusion of T20 World Cup 2024, there have been lots of stories relating to the teaching help workers which can be but to be named. In a contemporary improvement, it’s being reported that Gambhir requested for Jonty Rhodes to be included as fielding coach for Workforce India, however the board turned down the request.
The report was printed by Hindustan Times, which additionally acknowledged that the BCCI desires to maintain an all-Indian help workers.
It’s value noting that every one the tenure of all of the help workers — batting coach Vikram Rathour, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey, and fielding coach T Dilip — ended with that of Rahul Dravid’s reign as India head coach. Nevertheless, the board’s reported plan to maintain an all-Indian help workers signifies that Dilip may proceed as India fielding coach.
With Gambhir assuming the position of head coach, he inherits a formidable India males’s crew that just lately secured victory within the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and made notable runners-up appearances within the 2023 ODI World Cup and World Take a look at Championship. As he embarks on his stint till 2027, Gambhir faces a large number of challenges.
The primary problem Gambhir faces is to seek out his footing and construct camaraderie in a dressing room with gamers he was beforehand teammates with — like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli amongst others.
Gambhir’s path to turning into the top coach of the Indian crew has concerned taking over mentorship roles within the IPL, regardless of missing substantial teaching expertise beforehand. This was additionally the case for Ravi Shastri and Anil Kumble after they have been appointed to the highest job within the Indian crew.
Beneath Gambhir’s mentorship, Lucknow Tremendous Giants entered playoffs in consecutive seasons. He then switched to mentoring Kolkata Knight Riders – the crew he led to 2 IPL titles – and obtained them the trophy in Could.
(With IANS Inputs)
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