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Under the mentorship of Gautam Gambhir, Kolkata Knight Riders became the champion of IPL 2024.
It is almost certain that former Team India cricketer and Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir will become the head coach of the Indian team. While talking to Cricbuzz, the owner of an IPL franchise said that Gambhir becoming the coach is almost certain and it will be announced soon.
According to the report of Cricbuzz, Shahrukh Khan has also received information about this. According to BCCI rules, if Gambhir becomes the head coach of the team, he will have to leave the mentorship of KKR.
Monday (May 27) was the last date to apply for the post of coach. It is likely that Gambhir has applied for this post. However, this has not been officially confirmed yet.
Rahul Dravid is currently the head coach of Team India. His tenure will end after the T20 World Cup to be held in America and West Indies.
This photo of Jay Shah and Gautam Gambhir is from May 26, when the final of IPL 2024 was played.
The tenure of the new coach will last till 2027
The new head coach will be selected during the T-20 World Cup. His tenure will start from July 1, 2024 and will last till December 31, 2027. During this period, Team India has to play 5 ICC tournaments. These include Champions Trophy, T-20 World Cup and ODI World Cup along with 2 cycles of World Test Championship.
KKR became champion under Gambhir’s mentorship
Kolkata team became the champion of IPL 2024. Gambhir was in the role of mentor of Kolkata this season. After the final match played on Sunday, Gambhir came to meet Jai Shah, due to which speculations about him becoming the head coach of India had intensified.
Gambhir won 2 World Cups as a player and 2 IPLs as captain, has no coaching experience.
42 year old Gambhir has no experience of coaching at international or domestic level. He has been in charge of the coaching staff in two IPL franchises. He was the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022 and 2023. There itself. Joined KKR in the 2024 season. Gambhir took the team to the playoffs in the first two seasons of his stay at LSG. At the same time, KKR has won the title this season.
As a player, Gambhir was part of India’s team that won the T-20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011. He captained KKR for seven IPL seasons from 2011 to 2017. They also qualified for the playoffs five times. As captain, he won two titles in 2012 and 2014.
Dravid became head coach in 2021
BCCI appointed Rahul Dravid as the head coach of India in November 2021. Then Team India was out of the group stage of the T-20 World Cup itself. The team reached the semi-finals in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Dravid’s tenure was over after the ODI World Cup in 2023, but due to Team India reaching the final, his tenure was extended till the T20 World Cup.
Team India’s only success under Dravid’s coaching came in the form of the Asia Cup in 2023. India won the title by defeating host Sri Lanka.
