Gautam Gambhir to be appointed as India head coach; KKR mentor to select his team of support staff including batting bowling and fielding coach

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir is set to join team India as the next head coach he will join the Indian camp after the T20 World Cup 2024. Rahul Dravid's tenure as coach will end after the ongoing marquee event. Reportedly The Board of Control for Cricket in India will announce it officially at the end of this week. 

A report from Dainik Jagran claimed that Gambhir will select his team of support staff, which includes the batting coach, bowling coach and fielding coach. Gambhir will select his team of support staff, which includes the batting coach, bowling coach and fielding coach. At this point of time, Vikram Rathour is the batting coach, Paras Mhambrey is the bowling coach and T Dilip is the fielding coach.
 

Intrestingly, when Shastri took over coaching responsibility from Anil Kumble Rathour replaced Sanjay Bangar as the batting coach after that when Dravid was named head coach, Rathour retained his role, but Mahambrey and Dilip were picked only at his request for their respective roles.

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Gautam Gambhir's tenure as KKR mentor

After mentoring Lucknow Super Giants for two years, Gambhir joined KKR in 2024 as the mentor and under his guidance the franchise lifted their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title after a 10-year title drought. The franchise won their last title in 2014 and that was under the captaincy of Gambhir. To join India as a coach, he will have to leave his stint with KKR. 

Apart from Gambhir reportedly too many cricketers seemed to be in the fray when the BCCI initially rolled out the vacancy. That include former Australian skipper and current Delhi Capitals (DC) coach Ricky Ponting, former Australia coach and current Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) coach Justin Langer, former England coach and current Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) coach Andy Flower, current Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) coach Kumar Sangakkara.

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