Gautam Gambhir

34 articles tagged with "Gautam Gambhir"

Sep 3, 2026

Laxman takes India to the Asian Games, and Gambhir stays home for the West Indies ODIs

India will run two coaching set-ups this month, with VVS Laxman leading the Asian Games squad in Japan while Gautam Gambhir stays back for the West In...

Sep 2, 2026

Gambhir, Agarkar and both captains are in Mumbai on Thursday, and Rohit’s ODI future is on the agenda

The BCCI has called its head coach, chief selector, Centre of Excellence head and both captains to Mumbai on Thursday, after T20I series defeats in Ir...

Aug 22, 2026

India are fifth in the WTC table, and Gambhir says the rankings do not matter

India’s head coach was asked in Colombo whether his Test side is struggling, and would not accept the question. Gambhir has the Galle win and two whit...

Aug 18, 2026

Kohli’s first innings for India was 12 in Dambulla, and it is 18 years old today

On 18 August 2008 a 19-year-old opened India’s batting at Dambulla, made 12, and finished on the wrong side of an eight-wicket defeat. Eighteen years...

Aug 14, 2026

Gambhir has two ICC trophies and ten defeats in nineteen Tests, and Galle is about the second number

India start in Galle on Saturday with a coach whose white-ball record is close to flawless and whose Test record is not. Both are true. Only one of th...

Aug 9, 2026

India built a fake day-four Galle pitch in Colombo, then let schoolboys bowl on it

India’s coaching staff found a patch of uncurated turf at the NCC in Colombo, measured 22 yards across it and sent schoolboy spinners at their top ord...

Aug 7, 2026

Gill was hit twice in Thursday’s session, and KL Rahul led India’s warm-up instead

Shubman Gill took two blows to his right hand at practice in Colombo on Thursday and was held out of day one of India’s only warm-up before the Sri La...

Jul 29, 2026

Subhadeep Ghosh replaces T Dilip as India’s fielding coach before the Sri Lanka Tests

India dropped five catches in a single T20I in Harare this week. The man hired to fix that is a 57-year-old from Digboi with 17 first-class games behi...

Jul 28, 2026

Ten Doeschate steps away from India’s staff with a KKR return waiting

Ryan ten Doeschate has ended a two-year stint as India’s assistant coach, and the former Netherlands captain is expected back at Kolkata Knight Riders...

Jul 18, 2026

Rohit retirement talk shadows the Lord’s decider, but the BCCI pushes back

Reports that Sunday’s third ODI at Lord’s could be Rohit Sharma’s last one-day international have drawn a firm denial from the BCCI, leaving the quest...

Jul 16, 2026

The runs still favour Kohli and Rohit, but the 2027 question won’t go away

Kohli and Rohit are ODI-only now, and every low score reopens the same debate. After two cheap dismissals at Edgbaston, here is where the 2027 World C...

Mar 13, 2026

From T20 World Cup heroes to 50-over regulars: the case for Samson and Kishan

Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan lit up the T20 World Cup at home, but India’s ODI wicketkeeping picture is anything but settled ahead of the 2027 World...

Mar 10, 2026

Dube says South Africa defeat was the moment India became a ‘completely different team’

Shivam Dube has revealed that India’s 76-run loss to South Africa in the Super 8s forced the squad to raise its standards, setting the stage for their...

Mar 10, 2026

Ink barely dry on T20 trophy but Gambhir is already planning India’s next World Cup assault

Less than 24 hours after India retained the T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir outlined his blueprint for the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa...

Mar 10, 2026

BCCI announces record ₹131 crore cash reward for India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad

The BCCI has announced a ₹131 crore bonus for India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad and support staff, surpassing the ₹125 crore paid out after the 2024...

Mar 9, 2026

Gambhir has done what no one else in cricket has managed: five ICC trophies as player and coach

Gautam Gambhir became the first man to win the T20 World Cup as both player and coach on Sunday. With three ICC trophies in 20 months as head coach, h...

Mar 9, 2026

Shoaib Akhtar claims India have ‘ruined cricket’ after T20 World Cup three-peat

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has accused India of ruining cricket, comparing them to a rich kid who bullies the neighbourhood after their...

Mar 3, 2026

Shastri and Ponting back Abhishek Sharma to deliver when it matters most against England

Abhishek Sharma’s lean run at the T20 World Cup has raised questions about India’s opening combination, but former coaches Ravi Shastri and Ricky Pont...

Mar 2, 2026

India take on England in T20 World Cup semi-final at Wankhede on Thursday

India face England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2026 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 5 March. This is their third consecutive semi-f...

Jul 30, 2025

India coach confronts Oval curator in a Test drama

A heated exchange between Gambhir and groundsman Lee Fortis over pitch access has heightened tensions before the final India-England Test.

Sep 27, 2024

From highest total to best bowling figures: Know every Test record at Green Park Stadium

The Indian cricket team has not lost a Test match at Green Park Stadium since 1983.

Jul 1, 2024

Most runs for India in T20 World Cup: Kohli 1,292, and how 2026 reshuffled the rest

Virat Kohli’s 1,292 is the most runs for India in T20 World Cup history and the most by anyone. The full India list, after a 2026 tournament that chan...

Jun 23, 2024

Most partnership runs for India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar headline list

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma became only the fourth Indian pair to accumulate a total of 7,500 runs together across formats. Get most partnership runs...

Jun 19, 2024

From T Dilip to Robin Singh, know Indian cricket team fielding coaches since 2007

T Dilip has been the current Indian cricket team fielding coach since 2021. Earlier, he grabbed the headlines for his innovative fielding ceremonies i...