List of India national cricket coaches

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Coach of the Indian National Cricket Team
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Incumbent
Gautam Gambhir
since 10 July 2024
Board of Control for Cricket in India
TypeHead Coach
StatusHead coach of the Men's National Cricket team
Reports to Board of Control for Cricket in India
Appointer Board of Control for Cricket in India
Term length Not Specified
Inaugural holder Keki Tarapore
Formation1971(54 years ago) (1971)
First holder Keki Tarapore
DeputyMen's Assistant Coach:



Coach of the India women's national cricket team
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Incumbent
Amol Muzumdar
since October 2023
Board of Control for Cricket in India
TypeHead Coach
StatusHead Coach of the Women's National cricket team
Reports to Board of Control for Cricket in India
Appointer Board of Control for Cricket in India
Term length Not Specified
Inaugural holder Sudha Shah
Formation2003(22 years ago) (2003)
First holder Sudha Shah

This is a list of Indian national cricket team coaches. India is a full member of International Cricket Council since 1926 and played its first test match on 25 June 1932 becoming the fifth country to do so. In July 2024, Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of India succeeding Rahul Dravid.

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India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev when PR Man Singh was the coach. [1] In 2007, India won the inaugural T20 World cup under Dhoni when Lalchand Rajput was the coach. [2] In 2011, they won the ODI world cup for the second time under Dhoni when Gary Kirsten was the coach. [3] India has also won three Champions trophies in 2002, 2013, and 2025 when coached by John Wright, Duncan Fletcher, and Gautam Gambhir respectively. [4] [5] In 2024, India won the T20 World Cup under Rohit Sharma when Rahul Dravid was the Head Coach.

Men

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Kapil Dev who was the captain when India won their first world cup also served as a coach
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Gary Kirsten was the coach when India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup
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Ravi Shastri had the longest span across three stints
List of Men's head coaches [6]
No.NameTenureNationality
1 Keki Tarapore 1971 India
2 Hemu Adhikari 1971-74India
3 Gulabrai Ramchand 1975India
4 Datta Gaekwad 1978India
5 Salim Durrani 1980-81India
6 Ashok Mankad 1982India
7 PR Man Singh 1983-87India
8 Chandu Borde 1988India
9 Bishan Singh Bedi 1990-91India
10 Abbas Ali Baig 1991-92India
11 Ajit Wadekar 1992-96India
12 Sandeep Patil 1996India
13 Madan Lal 1996-97India
14 Anshuman Gaekwad 1997-99India
15 Kapil Dev 1999-2000India
16 John Wright 2000-05 New Zealand
17 Greg Chappell 2005-07 Australia
18 Ravi Shastri (Interim)2007India
19 Lalchand Rajput 2007-08India
20 Gary Kirsten 2008-11 South Africa
21 Duncan Fletcher 2011-15 Zimbabwe
(18) Ravi Shastri (team director)2014-16India
22 Sanjay Bangar (Interim)2016India
23 Anil Kumble 2016-17India
(22) Sanjay Bangar (Interim)2017India
(18) Ravi Shastri 2017-21India
24 Rahul Dravid 2021-2024India
25 VVS Laxman (Interim)2024 (Tour of Zimbabwe)India
26 Gautam Gambhir 2024—presentIndia

Women

List of Women's head coaches [7]
No.NameTenureNationality
1 Sudha Shah 2003-07India
2 Shantha Rangaswamy 2003-07India
(1) Sudha Shah 2008-10India
3 K. V. P. Rao 2010India
4 Anju Jain 2011-13India
5 Tushar Arothe 2013-14India
6 Purnima Rau 2014India
(1) Sudha Shah 2014India
(6) Purnima Rau 2015-17India
(5) Tushar Arothe 2017-18India
7 Ramesh Powar 2018India
8 WV Raman 2018-21India
(7) Ramesh Powar 2021-22India
9 Amol Muzumdar 2023-India

See also

References

  1. "40 Years Of 1983 World Cup Win: Who Is PR Man Singh? Mee The Unlikely Hero Without Whom Trophy Was Not Possible". Zee News. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. "'We made history when nobody was expecting us to win' – Lalchand Rajput looks back at 2007 T20 World Cup triumph". ESPNcricinfo. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. "MS Dhoni and Gary Kirsten reunite in Ahmedabad, revive India's 2011 World Cup triumph memories". India Today. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. "John Wright". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. "Duncan Fletcher". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. "Indian National cricket team coaches". MPL Sports. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. "Indian Women cricket team coaches". Female Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.