Team India: The Indian team that went to Zimbabwe series has got a new head coach. BCCI announced the name of Gautam Gambhir overnight. After Rahul Dravid, now this big responsibility of Team India is going to be in the hands of Gautam Gambhir.

Just like he made KKR the champion in IPL 2024, fans will hope that he will also take India to the heights of success. Apart from this, the batting coach of the team has also been revealed. He is none other than Virat Kohli's biggest critic. Let us know in detail, which legend is going to be appointed to this post.

Ambati Rayudu will become the batting coach of Team India!

On July 9, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave great news to Indian cricket fans. According to this, Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the new head coach. However, this was being speculated on social media for a long time. Now it has been officially confirmed.

Apart from this, some media reports are claiming that the name of former Indian player Ambati Rayudu is going to be announced as the new batting coach. It is worth noting that this player has a lot of experience. Also, during commentary, he explains such nuances of batting, which will further enhance the talent of the youth.

This is what the career of this player has been like

Ambati Rayudu made his debut in international cricket in 2013. He represented the country in 55 ODIs and 6 T20s. He has scored 1694 runs in ODIs with the help of 3 centuries and 10 half-centuries. During this, his average has been 47.05. Apart from this, Rayudu has scored 6151 runs in 97 first class matches at an average of 45.56. This includes 16 centuries and 34 half-centuries.

The tenure of the new coach will be for this many days

When BCCI released the vacancy for the new coach, they had mentioned that the tenure of the new coach will be from July 2024 to December 2027. During this time, Team India will participate in many ICC tournaments.

This includes ICC Champions Trophy 2024, World Test Championship 2025 final, T20 World Cup 2026, ICC T20 World Cup 2027 and World Test Championship 2027. It remains to be seen how many of these trophies Gautam Gambhir is successful in getting for the Indian team.

See the tweet here:

🚨 NEWS 🚨

Mr Gautam Gambhir appointed as Head Coach – Team India (Senior Men).

Mr Gambhir will take charge from the upcoming away series against Sri Lanka where Team India are set to play 3 ODIs & 3 T20Is starting July 27, 2024.

All the details 🔽 #TeamIndia , @GautamGambhir

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 9, 2024