Gautam Gambhir: For the last few days, there has been a discussion about the post of head coach of the Indian cricket team (Team India Head Coach). Currently, the Indian team is playing the T20 World Cup. After this World Cup, Rahul Dravid's tenure as head coach will end.

There is no official information about who will be chosen as the head coach after Rahul Dravid. But it is believed that former player Gautam Gambhir will be the coach. Amidst all this, a very important update has come out, according to which Gambhir will not take up the post of coach. Let us tell you what is the matter…

This veteran came in the way of Gautam Gambhir

• Before Gautam Gambhir, former Indian player VVS Laxman will take over the post of head coach.
• VVS Laxman and his support staff from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) are likely to join the Indian squad for the series starting in Zimbabwe from July 6.
• Meanwhile, Gambhir will start his head coaching career with the Sri Lanka tour.
• India will be touring Zimbabwe just days after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup 2024.
• 5 T20 matches will be played between the two teams between July 6 and July 14. It is being said that many senior players of the team including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can be given rest for this series.

Gambhir will take command from Sri Lanka

• After the T20 series against Zimbabwe, the Indian team has to tour Sri Lanka. The schedule of the tour against Sri Lanka has not been announced yet.
• But it is expected that there will be a series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches between Sri Lanka and India between July-August.
• Team India will field its full strength team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka, as this will be the first ODI series in terms of the Champions Trophy, where Gautam Gambhir will be the coach of Team India.

International career of Gautam Gambhir

• Gautam Gambhir's international career has been great. He has played 147 ODIs for Team India, scoring 5238 runs.
• Gambhir has scored 11 centuries and 34 half-centuries in ODIs. Gautam Gambhir has played 58 Test matches for Team India, in which he has scored 4154 runs.
• Gautam Gambhir has scored 9 centuries and 22 half-centuries in Tests.
• He has also scored a double century in Tests. Gambhir has also played 37 T20 matches. He has scored 932 runs. He has scored seven half-centuries in the meantime

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