The Indian cricket fraternity is buzzing again with the new of Gautam Gambhir's appointment as the new head coach of the men's team. The former BJP MP will take over the high-profile job from Rahul Dravid in all three formats for Team India.
This will be Gambhir's first-ever stint as a head coach of a cricket team after mentoring Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Gambhir's first assignment will start in Sri Lanka where India will play a series 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs from July 27.
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Indian cricket fans immediately took to social media to react to Gambhir's appointment. A user even felt that Gambhir might sack Virat Kohli after coming into the Indian team due to his heated exchanges with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru legend on field in past IPL seasons.
Notably, Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirements from T20Is after winning the World Cup on June 29.
Gambhir was a serial winner for Team India when he played and continued to lift trophies even after retirement. He was the top-scorer in the 2007 World T20 and 2011 ODI World Cup finals, both of which India won by defeating Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively.
He then mentored LSG to the IPL final in their maiden season in IPL 2021 before guiding KKR to the title triumph this year. It was his third IPL trophy with the Knight Riders, but first as a support staff member.
