Gautam Gambhir is kick off his reign as head coach of the Indian group on Saturday when the Suryakumar Yadav-led facet tackle Sri Lanka within the first T20I of a three-match collection. Gambhir changed former India captain Rahul Dravid on the helm after his contract expired on the finish of final month. Since then, rather a lot has been mentioned and written about Gambhir’s appointment, and what he’ll deliver into the desk. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has shared his views on Gambhir’s appointment. Shastri handed over the baton to Dravid after the top of the T20 World Cup in 2021.
Whereas the Indian group didn’t win an ICC trophy throughout his tenure, the group, below the management of Virat Kohli, reached new heights in Take a look at cricket, together with back-to-back Take a look at collection wins in Australia.
Whereas Gambhir has not had any teaching expertise within the IPL, he did work as a mentor with a number of franchises, and masterminded KKR’s title-winning marketing campaign earlier this yr.
Nonetheless, Shastri feels {that a} younger coach like Gambhir will deliver a contemporary method into this Indian facet.
“He is up to date, he simply had a terrific season within the IPL. I believe he is the fitting age the place he is younger, he’ll include contemporary concepts. He is aware of many of the gamers, particularly within the white-ball format, having been a part of groups within the IPL. So I believe it is refreshing,” Shastri mentioned on The ICC Evaluation Present.
Shastri added that whereas Gambhir is a no-nonsense man, participant administration might be key throughout his tenure.
“And we all know with Gautam, he is a no-nonsense man. He’ll have his concepts as nicely. And the great factor for him is he is obtained a mature group. He is obtained a settled group, a mature group. I believe regardless that you would possibly assume you are mature, you would possibly profit from some contemporary concepts. So I believe it will be fascinating instances. Clearly, participant administration turns into the important thing as a coach. So it will be fascinating to see how he goes. I believe he is obtained the instruments, he is obtained the products for the job and he is obtained the expertise.”
“It is a query of simply understanding his gamers as shortly as attainable. What their strengths are, what sort of human beings they’re and how much temperaments have they got? What are their personalities? Quite a bit goes behind the scenes to know a human being,” added Shastri.
“I believe that might be his most vital job, which I believe once more shouldn’t be an issue as a result of he is up to date. He is seen these guys from the skin, he is handled a whole lot of guys who may need performed with KKR as nicely and for Lucknow (Tremendous Giants) when he was there.”
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