Gautam Gambhir: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been looking for a head coach for Team India for the last several weeks. In fact, the tenure of Rahul Dravid, who was the head coach of Team India till the T20 World Cup, has ended with the conclusion of the T20 World Cup.

In such a situation, names of people like former Australian coach Justin Langer, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting came up for the post of head coach of Team India. During this, the name of Gautam Gambhir was also discussed.

Not Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman has been made the head coach of Team India

After this, the name of former left-handed opener batsman of Team India, Gautam Gambhir, was also discussed a lot. Many times there were reports that Gautam Gambhir's name has been finalized as the head coach of Team India and only its formal announcement is pending. But BCCI secretary Jay Shah has appointed Sachin-Dravid's friend VVS Laxman as the head coach of Team India, not Gambhir. For Team India, which went on Zimbabwe tour, Jay Shah has handed over the responsibility of Team India's head coach to Laxman.

Gautam Gambhir's name may be announced soon

Gautam Gambhir, who played the role of mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League, has recently resigned from the post of KKR mentor. In such a situation, it is being speculated that due to his resignation from the post of KKR mentor, Gambhir has received an offer from BCCI for the post of head coach for Team India. In such a situation, BCCI secretary Jay Shah can soon announce the name of Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of Team India.

Coaching career of Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir has previously played the role of mentor of KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. However, last season he joined the team Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Shahrukh Khan. Earlier, he has also played the role of captain for KKR and under his captaincy KKR has won two titles.