Delhi: After the end of Rahul Dravid's era in Indian cricket, a new era is about to begin. The contract of Rahul Dravid, who has been the head coach for Team India for the last 4 years, has ended. After which the BCCI has approved the name of Gautam Gambhir as the new head coach of Team India. Gautam Gambhir has been contracted till the ODI World Cup 2027. He will start his journey with the Sri Lanka tour at the end of this month.

As soon as Gautam Gambhir becomes the head coach, the luck of some players of the Indian cricket team may shine. Players who were not given a chance by Rahul Dravid or were given very few chances in Team India are now likely to get a chance under the guidance of Gambhir. So let us tell you about 5 such players in this article, who were not given full opportunities by Rahul Dravid, but Gautam Gambhir can give full opportunity…

1 Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson, the talented wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team, made his debut for Team India in the year 2015. It has been almost 9 years since Sanju Samson made his debut, but during this time he has played only 16 ODIs and 27 T20 Internationals for the Indian team. Sanju Samson has been getting opportunities in installments throughout his career so far, so what talent he has and what he has the ability to do has not been seen yet. Rahul Dravid also did not give Sanju any special opportunities. But now Gautam Gambhir can give opportunities to this wicketkeeper batsman from Kerala. Anyway, Gambhir has often praised Sanju and recently, after seeing his captaincy in the IPL, Gambhir even said that Sanju Samson could be a good option for captaincy after Rohit Sharma.

2. Shreyas Iyer

IPL 2024 champion captain Shreyas Iyer is the rising star of Indian cricket. Iyer got a chance to debut for Team India in the year 2017, after which he gradually became established in all three formats. After performing brilliantly in the ODI World Cup last year, Shreyas Iyer has been ignored since the beginning of this year. Iyer was dropped from all three formats under the coaching of Rahul Dravid after the beginning of this year. But now after Gautam Gambhir became the coach of the team, he can again get a permanent entry in Team India. Because Gambhir has worked with Shreyas Iyer for KKR. In such a situation, the coordination between the two has become very good.

3. Venkatesh Iyer

Star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer made a place in Team India on the basis of explosive batting in IPL 2021. After this, Venkatesh Iyer was being seen as a replacement for Hardik Pandya in the Indian team, but Iyer's performance in the blue jersey was not that special. After making his debut in 2021, he got a chance for the last time in 2022 and since then he is away from Team India. Venkatesh Iyer, who has played 2 ODIs and 9 T20 Internationals for India, was not given a chance by Rahul Dravid, but now after Gautam Gambhir, who was the mentor of KKR, became the coach, he can get a ticket to the Indian team. Venkatesh Iyer had anyway impressed with his amazing performance in IPL 2024, so Gambhir can give him a chance in the team.

4. Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi, who has achieved the feat of becoming the number one bowler in T20 International, has been an active cricketer in Team India for the last few years, but he gets a chance in the squad or playing-11 only when the senior spin bowler of the team is on rest. Ravi Bishnoi has not been able to get consistent opportunities during Rahul Dravid's coaching tenure. Now it is possible for Ravi Bishnoi to get a chance with Gautam Gambhir, the head coach coming after Rahul Dravid. Gautam Gambhir worked with the Lucknow Super Giants team for 2 years and during this time he has seen Bishnoi closely. In such a situation, Ravi Bishnoi, who has played 1 ODI and 28 T20 International matches so far after making his debut for India in 2022, will have a full chance to make a permanent place in Team India when Gambhir arrives.

5. Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakraborty entered the Indian cricket corridors as a mystery bowler a few years ago. Varun Chakraborty trapped the batsmen in a mystery in the IPL and managed to play the 2021 T20 World Cup for Team India. But his performance there was poor and he was dropped from the team. Varun Chakraborty got to play only 6 T20 International matches for India and then he was dropped, so he has not been able to make a comeback till now. But the bowler who was not given a chance by Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir can now give him a chance. Gambhir has worked with Varun Chakraborty for KKR in IPL this year, so he knows his art well. In such a situation, Varun Chakraborty can return to Team India somewhere now.