After a long gap of about 7 years and 8 months, Gautam Gambhir has once again joined Team India. Team India's former star opener Gautam Gambhir has returned to the dressing room again. Gambhir, who played an important role in making Team India world champion twice, has now returned as a coach. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Gautam Gambhir as the new coach of Team India. Gautam Gambhir will replace Rahul Dravid in this role, who made Team India world champion in his last tournament. Gambhir's name was being discussed for the last one and a half months.

Although Gambhir has played the role of mentor for teams in IPL for 3 consecutive years, he does not have any direct coaching experience at any level. In such a situation, it is important to know what are the reasons why BCCI wanted to make Gambhir the coach and succeeded in doing so.

Win-win and only win

It is said that to be successful in any sport, it is most important to have a 'winning mentality'. That is, there should be a passion and belief to win in the mind. Every player or team talks about this but there are very few who prove to be a true example of this. Gautam Gambhir is one of those rare players.

Gambhir has said many times before that only victory runs in his mind, for which he is ready to do anything. Gambhir's record is also a witness to this. He made Kolkata Knight Riders the IPL champion twice as captain. Then he returned as a mentor and made them win for the third time. Apart from this, India played only 6 ODI matches under his captaincy and India won all of them.

Performing well in big matches and getting them done

Who can forget the 2007 and 2011 World Cup finals? Before winning the T20 World Cup under Rohit Sharma's captaincy, Team India had won only these two World Cups in this century and Gambhir scored the most runs for Team India in both the finals.

That means Gambhir knows how to perform the best in big matches. This is a front in which Team India has faltered many times in the last 10 years. Not only himself, but during his tenure as captain in Kolkata, he also made his players do the same. Be it the 2012 final or 2014 or the 2024 IPL final. For KKR, these matches were won by players with small names and not big names. Gambhir played 2 finals as captain and 1 as mentor and won all of them.

No senior or junior, all are equal

Gambhir's captaincy and coaching philosophy is very clear.

In his eyes, all the players of the team are equal. He has said this in many of his interviews. Before the start of the IPL 2024 season, in the first meeting with the KKR players, Gambhir had made it clear that there will be no discrimination of junior-senior or international-domestic in the team, but every player will be considered equal, even if he is in reserve. That is, no one star will be given preference in the team, but everyone will be considered equal, so that every player can play for the team to the fullest potential. Along with this, Gambhir is also known for supporting the players despite failure and giving them ample opportunities.

Straight talk without fear

Everyone knows that Gambhir speaks straight without adding any spice, whether the other person likes it or not. The coming time is of change in Team India and in such a situation, decisions will have to be taken regarding the careers of superstar senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin. Gambhir can do this job very well because not only is his stature as big as the star players of the team, but he also has the ability to tell them about his plans and ask them to take a decision on the future.