List of India national cricket coaches

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This is a list of Indian national cricket team coaches. India is a full member of International Cricket Council since 1926 and played its first test match on 25 June 1932 becoming the fifth country to do so. In November 2021, Rahul Dravid became the head coach of the Men's team after succeeding Ravi Shastri, who held the longest tenure.[1] Amol Mazumdar was appointed the coach of the Indian women's team in October 2023.[2]

India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev when PR Man Singh was the coach.[3] In 2007, India won the inaugural T20 World cup under Dhoni when Lalchand Rajput was the coach.[4] In 2011, they won the ODI world cup for the second time under Dhoni when Gary Kirsten was the coach.[5] India has also won two Champions trophies in 2002 and 2013 when coached by John Wright and Duncan Fletcher respectively.[6][7]

Men[edit]

Kapil Dev who was the captain when India won their first world cup also served as a coach
Gary Kirsten was the coach when India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup
Ravi Shastri had the longest span across three stints
List of Men's head coaches[8]
No. Name Tenure Nationality
1 Keki Tarapore 1971 India
2 Hemu Adhikari 1971-74 India
3 Gulabrai Ramchand 1975 India
4 Datta Gaekwad 1978 India
5 Salim Durrani 1980-81 India
6 Ashok Mankad 1982 India
7 PR Man Singh 1983-87 India
8 Chandu Borde 1988 India
9 Bishan Singh Bedi 1990-91 India
10 Abbas Ali Baig 1991-92 India
11 Ajit Wadekar 1992-96 India
12 Sandeep Patil 1996 India
13 Madan Lal 1996-97 India
14 Anshuman Gaekwad 1997-99 India
15 Kapil Dev 1999-2000 India
16 John Wright 2000-05 New Zealand
17 Greg Chappell 2005-07 Australia
18 Ravi Shastri (Interim) 2007 India
19 Lalchand Rajput 2007-08 India
20 Gary Kirsten 2008-11 South Africa
21 Duncan Fletcher 2011-15 Zimbabwe
22 Ravi Shastri (team director) 2014-16 India
23 Sanjay Bangar (Interim) 2016 India
24 Anil Kumble 2016-17 India
25 Sanjay Bangar (Interim) 2017 India
26 Ravi Shastri 2017-21 India
27 Rahul Dravid 2021- India

Women[edit]

List of Women's head coaches[9]
No. Name Tenure Nationality
1 Sudha Shah 2003-07 India
2 Shantha Rangaswamy 2003-07 India
3 Sudha Shah 2008-10 India
4 KVP Rao 2010 India
5 Anju Jain 2011-13 India
6 Tushar Arothe 2013-14 India
7 Purnima Rau 2014 India
8 Sudha Shah 2014 India
9 Purnima Rau 2015-17 India
10 Tushar Arothe 2017-18 India
11 Ramesh Powar 2018 India
12 WV Raman 2018-21 India
13 Ramesh Powar 2021-22 India
14 Amol Mazumdar 2023- India

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "From John Wright to Rahul Dravid: All you need to know about India's cricket team coaches". Sports Adda. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "BCCI appoints Amol Muzumdar as women's cricket team head coach". The Indian Express. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ "40 Years Of 1983 World Cup Win: Who Is PR Man Singh? Mee The Unlikely Hero Without Whom Trophy Was Not Possible". Zee News. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "'We made history when nobody was expecting us to win' – Lalchand Rajput looks back at 2007 T20 World Cup triumph". ESPNcricinfo. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ^ "MS Dhoni and Gary Kirsten reunite in Ahmedabad, revive India's 2011 World Cup triumph memories". India Today. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ "John Wright". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Duncan Fletcher". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Indian National cricket team coaches". MPL Sports. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Indian Women cricket team coaches". Female Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.