Since Gautam Gambhir’s coaching is currently the talk of the town after a not-so-good outing in Adelaide, check his coaching record in Test cricket and see what his stats says.
After thumping Australia in the first Test by 295 runs, everyone believed that star coach Gautam Gambhir was back in motion. as, after the 0-3 loss to New Zealand in Tests at home, things took a turn. But In the Adelaide Test, under his coaching team lost a crucial match by 10 wickets and slipped to third in the WTC points table from first, marking a big low point for the team. Since Gambhir joined, we have seen a mixed bag of results, with some fluent performances. He took over from Rahul Dravid, who left the team after making them T20 World Cup champions. But now, since moving from shorter format everyone is curious about Test games and what the WTC points table will reveal. See how Gambhir’s Test coaching record stands in this context.
Gautam Gambhir record as Coach in Test Cricket
Series
Matches
Win
Loss
Draw
Win %
India vs New Zealand
3
0
3
0
0.00%
India vs Bangladesh
2
2
0
0
100.00%
India vs Australia( Ongoing)
2
1
1
0
50.00%
Gautam Gambhir Overall record as Coach in Test Cricket
Matches
Win
Loss
Win %
7
3
4
42.86%
Gautam Gambhir record as Coach in T20I
Apart from Test cricket, under Gambhir, India has a strong T20I record. Recently, a few months ago, they secured a 3-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka and also impressed with a dominant performance against Bangladesh. Not to forget, the team is largely a new squad. The young players, backed by the management, played with fearless intent, completely overpowering the Bangladesh bowlers. However, in ODI they still need a boost.
Series
Matches
Win
Loss
Win %
Indiavs Bangladesh
3
3
0
100.00%
Indiavs Sri Lanka
3
3
0
100.00%
Gautam Gambhir Overall record as Coach in Test Cricket
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