| Head coach of the Indian men's national cricket team | |
|---|---|
since 10 July 2024 | |
| Board of Control for Cricket in India | |
| Status | Head coach of theMen's men's national cricket team |
| Appointer | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Formation | 1971 (54 years ago) (1971) |
| First holder | Keki Tarapore |
| Head coach of the India women's national cricket team | |
|---|---|
since October 2023 | |
| Board of Control for Cricket in India | |
| Status | Head coach of thewomen's national cricket team |
| Formation | 2003 (22 years ago) (2003) |
| First holder | Sudha Shah |
This is a list of head coaches of the men's and women's Indian national cricket teams. India has been a full member ofInternational Cricket Council since 1926 and played its first test match on 25 June 1932 becoming the fifth country to do so. In July 2024,Gautam Gambhir became the men's head coach succeedingRahul Dravid.
India won the1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy ofKapil Dev whenPR Man Singh was the coach.[1] In 2007, India won the inauguralT20World cup underDhoni whenLalchand Rajput was the coach.[2] In2011, they won theODI world cup for the second time under Dhoni whenGary Kirsten was the coach.[3] India has also won threeChampions trophies in2002,2013, and2025 when coached byJohn Wright,Duncan Fletcher, andGautam Gambhir respectively.[4][5]
| Name | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Keki Tarapore | 1971 | India |
| Hemu Adhikari | 1971–1974 | India |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 1975 | India |
| Datta Gaekwad | 1978 | India |
| Salim Durrani | 1980–1981 | India |
| Ashok Mankad | 1982 | India |
| PR Man Singh | 1983–1987 | India |
| Chandu Borde | 1988 | India |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 1990–1991 | India |
| Abbas Ali Baig | 1991–1992 | India |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1992–1996 | India |
| Sandeep Patil | 1996 | India |
| Madan Lal | 1996–1997 | India |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | 1997–1999 | India |
| Kapil Dev | 1999–2000 | India |
| John Wright | 2000–2005 | New Zealand |
| Greg Chappell | 2005–2007 | Australia |
| Ravi Shastri(Interim) | 2007 | India |
| Lalchand Rajput | 2007–2008 | India |
| Gary Kirsten | 2008–2011 | South Africa |
| Duncan Fletcher | 2011–2015 | Zimbabwe |
| Ravi Shastri (team director) | 2014–2016 | India |
| Sanjay Bangar(Interim) | 2016 | India |
| Anil Kumble | 2016–2017 | India |
| Sanjay Bangar(Interim) | 2017 | India |
| Ravi Shastri | 2017–2021 | India |
| Rahul Dravid | 2021–2024 | India |
| VVS Laxman(Interim) | 2024 (Tour of Zimbabwe & Tour of South Africa) | India |
| Gautam Gambhir | 2024–present | India |
| Name | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Sudha Shah | 2003–2007 | India |
| Shantha Rangaswamy | 2003–2007 | India |
| Sudha Shah | 2008–2010 | India |
| K. V. P. Rao | 2010 | India |
| Anju Jain | 2011–2013 | India |
| Tushar Arothe | 2013–2014 | India |
| Purnima Rau | 2014 | India |
| Sudha Shah | 2014 | India |
| Purnima Rau | 2015–2017 | India |
| Tushar Arothe | 2017–2018 | India |
| Ramesh Powar | 2018 | India |
| WV Raman | 2018–2021 | India |
| Ramesh Powar | 2021–2022 | India |
| Amol Muzumdar | 2023–present | India |
