The big question is who will be the next head coach of Team India’s men’s team after Rahul Dravid. According to some media reports, Gautam Gambhir is reportedly ready to take this responsibility. After his successful tenure as the mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, it is believed that Gambhir will be the next head coach of Team India.

It was believed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) could discuss the role of head coach of the Indian team with many big Australian players as well as other IPL coaches like Stephen Fleming and Andy Flower. But since Gambhir has come into the race, the discussion on all these names has stopped.

Gautam Gambhir will be the next head coach of Team India

It has been said in many media reports including India Today that Gautam Gambhir will now take over the post of head coach in place of Rahul Dravid. This is also being said because Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 title under Gambhir’s mentorship, before that Gautam Gambhir was also associated with Lucknow Super Giants.

BCCI had invited applications for the post of head coach till May 27. It is being said that Gautam Gambhir had also applied for it. BCCI was also talking to former New Zealand player and Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming for the post of head coach. However, for some reason, things did not work out with those players.

Gautam Gambhir was the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2012. Then Kolkata won both its IPL titles in the year 2012 and 2014 under the captaincy of Gambhir. After this, the KKR franchise could not win any title for 10 years. Gautam Gambhir was made the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. Under his mentorship, Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 title.