After winning the T20 World Cup last year, in July, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian team in place of Rahul Dravid. Since then the team have lost three series under his coaching. India was successful in winning only one series under his era. That too against Bangladesh. At the same time, they had to lose the Test series at home against New Zealand and the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
The team is in bad shape under Gambhir's captaincy as India also faced a 3-1 defeat in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2025. Even though they started off the series on a brilliant note, they failed to hold on to the momentum. They went out of the race for the World Test Championship final. It has now been confirmed that Australia and South Africa will be playing in the final of the WTC 2023-25.
Let's take a look at India's result under Gautam Gambhir's coaching.
India lost to Sri Lanka after 18 years
Last year, in July-August, the Indian team went on a tour of Sri Lanka. This was India's first series after Gautam Gambhir became the coach. After winning the T20 World Cup, India's youth team had reached Sri Lanka.
India then had to face 0-2 defeat in the ODI series. After 18 years, the Indian team had lost to Sri Lanka in a bilateral series.
Embarrassing defeat in front of New Zealand
When the New Zealand came to India last year, everyone must have felt in the beginning that by winning this series easily, we will present a strong claim for the World Test Championship final.
On the contrary, India lost 0-3 in this series. This was the first time since 2012 that India lost a Test series at home. New Zealand not only defeated India but also whitewashed them.
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Lost Border Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years
Team India had been winning the Border Gavaskar Trophy continuously for the last 10 years. They defeated the Kangaroos in four consecutive series. During this period, Australia was defeated twice at their own home. India also got the good fortune of defeating Australia in Gabba after almost 30 years.
Now this victory chariot of India has broken under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. The last time Australia won the Test series against India was in the year 2014-15.