Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach for the men’s Indian national team. He has succeeded Rahul Dravid and will join the team from the Sri Lanka tour. The official announcement was made on Tuesday evening by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah. He is inexperienced in coaching a national side. However, the management has faith and belief that he could lead the side to success in upcoming years.
The Southpaw has been the mentor of two franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Lucknow Super Giants and he was then associated with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). In the previous edition of the rich cash league, he led the Knights to their third title after 10 years. The team’s scenario was completely different after the arrival of their former captain as a mentor. But mentoring an IPL team and being the head coach of Indian Cricket has a huge difference.
Three of the senior cricketers Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from the T20I format after the win in the World Cup 2024. But they will be available in the Test and ODI format for the Men in Blue. Now the dispute arises as Gauti is very straightforward with his words and will not think twice to take a bold decision.
Will Gautam Gambhir become Chappell or Kirsten for India?
Every Indian knows the approach of Gambhir towards cricket and his vision as well. Despite all his controversial talks and heated arguments with Kohli. There might be utter chaos inside the dressing room with the way he makes bold decision-making and values the contributions of each player not just focusing on the stars of the side.
This can create problems inside the dressing room. He has backed his players despite their poor performances. But a string will see them off out of the playing 11. Previously Greg Chappell was the coach of the national side. The Aussie had to face a lot of trouble for his decision-making. He dropped Sourav Ganguly from the captaincy and then from the team.
The whole world saw how Chappell was being thrashed out by the management. Kohli and Gambhir have a spat between them. This can end up in big trouble for the team and management as well. In case the latter drops the former India captain from the side. It might not be taken well by the fans and create a lot of controversies as well.
