List of India national cricket coaches

Head coach of the Indian men's national cricket team

Incumbent
Gautam Gambhir

since 10 July 2024

Board of Control for Cricket in India
Status| Head coach of the Men's men's national cricket team
Appointer| Board of Control for Cricket in India
Formation| 1971 (54 years ago) (1971)
First holder| Keki Tarapore
Head coach of the India women's national cricket team

Incumbent
Amol Muzumdar

since October 2023

Board of Control for Cricket in India
Status| Head coach of the women's national cricket team
Formation| 2003 (22 years ago) (2003)
First holder| Sudha Shah

This is a list of head coaches of the men's and women's Indian national cricket teams. India has been 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 men's head coach succeeding Rahul Dravid.

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]

## Men's coaches

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Kapil Dev who was the captain when India won their first world cup also served as a coach

Gary Kirsten was the coach when India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup

Ravi Shastri had the longest span across three stints

List of men's head coaches[6] Name  | Tenure  | Nationality

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Keki Tarapore | 1971  | India
Hemu Adhikari | 1971–1974  | India
Gulabrai Ramchand | 1975  | India
Datta Gaekwad | 1978  | India
Salim Durrani | 1980–1981  | India
Ashok Mankad | 1982  | India
PR Man Singh | 1983–1987  | India
Chandu Borde | 1988  | India
Bishan Singh Bedi | 1990–1991  | India
Abbas Ali Baig | 1991–1992  | India
Ajit Wadekar | 1992–1996  | India
Sandeep Patil | 1996  | India
Madan Lal | 1996–1997  | India
Anshuman Gaekwad | 1997–1999  | India
Kapil Dev | 1999–2000  | India
John Wright | 2000–2005  | New Zealand
Greg Chappell | 2005–2007  | Australia
Ravi Shastri (Interim) | 2007  | India
Lalchand Rajput | 2007–2008  | India
Gary Kirsten | 2008–2011  | South Africa
Duncan Fletcher | 2011–2015  | Zimbabwe
Ravi Shastri (team director)  | 2014–2016  | India
Sanjay Bangar (Interim) | 2016  | India
Anil Kumble | 2016–2017  | India
Sanjay Bangar (Interim) | 2017  | India
Ravi Shastri | 2017–2021  | India
Rahul Dravid | 2021–2024  | India
VVS Laxman (Interim) | 2024 (Tour of Zimbabwe)  | India
Gautam Gambhir | 2024–present  | India

## Women's coaches

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List of Women's head coaches[7] Name  | Tenure  | Nationality

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Sudha Shah | 2003–2007  | India
Shantha Rangaswamy | 2003–2007  | India
Sudha Shah | 2008–2010  | India
K. V. P. Rao | 2010  | India
Anju Jain | 2011–2013  | India
Tushar Arothe | 2013–2014  | India
Purnima Rau | 2014  | India
Sudha Shah | 2014  | India
Purnima Rau | 2015–2017  | India
Tushar Arothe | 2017–2018  | India
Ramesh Powar | 2018  | India
WV Raman | 2018–21  | India
Ramesh Powar | 2021–2022  | India
Amol Muzumdar | 2023–present  | India

## See also

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* List of India national cricket captains

## References

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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.

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