Indian Cricket is going through a difficult time in red-ball cricket. The Shubman Gill-led side have struggled since Gautam Gambhir took over in July 2024. The former India opener has enjoyed success in white-ball cricket, but his Test record as a coach with India is something not to boast about.
Over the years, the World Test Championship (WTC) has emerged as the biggest Test triumph, and India have come close twice. Team India suffered heartbreaking defeats in the 2021 and 2023 WTC finals.
India’s Test Performance Under Gautam Gambhir When Gautam Gambhir took over as India coach, the Shubman Gill-led side were on course for their WTC final as the team required just 3 wins in their remaining 7 matches. However, India suffered a whitewash at home against New Zealand and lost the BGT 1-4.
The hopes were crushed, and India’s Test cricket never regained the same position it held a few years ago. Talking about India’s performance under Gautam Gambhir’s tenure, then
List Of Series & Results Gambhir’s first Test assignment as India’s head coach came at home against Bangladesh, an it started positively with a 2-0 win over the Tigers. Since then, Gambhir has coached India in 7 Test series - 5 Home and 2 away.
India have lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia and tied the 5-match series against England (2-2). Now, talking about the home series, India have won only against West Indies and a one-off Test against Afghanistan.
The biggest embarrassment arrived when India lost at home to New Zealand and later South Africa, which both series resulted in clean-sweep.
* India Beat Bangladesh (2-0)
* India Lost To New Zealand (0-3)
* India Lost To Australia (1-3)
* India Drew Against England (2-2)
* India Beat West Indies (2-0)
* India Lost Against South Africa (0-2)
* India Beat Afghanistan (1-0)
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Let's look at how has other Asian sides performed in Test cricket since Gautam Gambhir took over as India coach.
Bangladesh's Performance Since 2024 Since Gautam Gambhir has taken over as India's head coach, Bangladesh have played 9 Test series. Interestingly, the Tigers have won three series. Let's look at their performance
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Out of the 17 Test matches, Bangladesh have won 8 matches, lost 8 and drawing 1 match. Eventually, they have a 47.05 win percentage, which is more than India in the last two years.
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Sri Lanka Performance Since 2024 Since 2024, Sri Lanka have played 6 series. Out of the six-tours, the Island Nation managed to win just two series. Things have turned drastic for the Island Nation over the years, which led to Sanath Jayasuriya's ouster from the team.
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As mentioned above, Sri Lanka cricket are going through a hard time as they have just a 30.7 win percentage since July 2024.
Pakistan Performance Since 2024 Pakistan cricket is not in good shape either. Shan Masood, who was the skipper for a long time, recently got replaced by Babar Azam, who returned to the set-up for his 2nd stint as Pakistan captain.
Notably, Pakistan have played 7 Test series since July 2024 and won just one series against England at home.
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Out of the 15 Test matches, Pakistan have won just 5 matches, resulting in a win% of 33.33.
Conclusion If we look at the four Asian Teams, then India have a win percentage of 40%. Compared to the other teams, then Sri Lanka and Pakistan are doing even worse than India. Sri Lanka have a win percentage of 30.7% (the lowest), while Pakistan have 33.33 (the 2nd lowest).
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has been the best-performing Asian side in the last two years with a win percentage of 47.05%. The Tigers are also doing well in Australia and are on course of registering their first-ever Test win on Australian soil.
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Gautam Gambhir - (Source: AFP)
