The Indian cricket team lost another test series under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. South Africa won the 2-match Test series played in India 2-0. This defeat also raised questions on Gambhir’s coaching, he sent Washington Sundar to bat at number three in one test and in the next match, sent him down and played Sai Sudarshan in this position.

The strategy of keeping both the wicket keepers in the playing 11 in the form of Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant was also a flop. All-rounders are being given importance in the team instead of test specialists, while they are not even being utilized. Like Nitish Kumar Reddy played the second test, but he bowled only 10 overs in both the innings. Here we have brought the report card of Gautam Gambhir. Know how many Tests India has played under his coaching, how many matches India won and how many lost. Here the record of Test series under his coaching is also given.

Gautam Gambhir’s record as a coach in Test cricket

The Indian cricket team has played a total of 19 tests so far under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. Team India has won only 7 of these matches. The defeat against South Africa in Guwahati is India’s 10th defeat under Gambhir’s coaching.

• Total matches- 19
• won- 7
• Lose – 10
• draw-2
• Winning percentage- 36.84

India has lost 3 test series under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir

This was India’s sixth Test series against South Africa under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. India had lost the Test series against New Zealand by 0-3 at home, after which South Africa also defeated Team India in India. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, India ended the 5-match Test series 2-2 on the England tour, after which it defeated West Indies 2-0 at home. But Team India failed completely in front of the World Test Champion team South Africa.

• Total series- 6
• Series won- 2
• Lost series- 3
• Series Draw- 1

Team India has lost 3 out of 6 test series played under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. After losing 0-3 at home to New Zealand in 2024, Team India lost the Border Gavaskar Trophy (2024-2025) series 1-3 against Australia. Now South Africa defeated Team India in India. This is the second time under Gambhir’s coaching that Team India has got a clean sweep in the Test series at home.