VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir Comparison: VVS Laxman went with India on the Zimbabwe tour as the head coach for the three-match T20 series. Under his coaching, Team India, captained by Shreyas Iyer, won 3-0. Earlier, the Indian team had played T20 series under regular head coach Gautam Gambhir on the tour of Ireland and England. The team had to face defeat in both the series.

After the defeat under Gambhir’s coaching and India’s victory under Laxman’s coaching, many questions have started being raised. Gambhir is being heavily criticized. Meanwhile, let us know who has a better record as a head coach between Gautam Gambhir and VVS Laxman.

Gautam Gambhir’s record as head coach of Team India

On July 9, 2026, Gautam Gambhir had completed 2 years as the head coach of Team India. He saw a lot of ups and downs in these 2 years. Under Gambhir’s coaching, Team India won the 2025 Champions Trophy and 2026 T20 World Cup titles, but Team India also faced defeat in many historic series.

Team India’s defeat under Gambhir’s coaching

New Zealand whitewashed 0-3 in India (2024)

India lost the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 1-3.

Team India did not reach the final of the World Test Championship (2025)

Team India lost the Test series against South Africa 0-2 (2025), biggest defeat in terms of runs (408 runs)

After 27 years, Team India lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka (2024)

First defeat in a bilateral series against Ireland (2026)

Lost T20 series against England (2026)

Some big wins of Team India under Gambhir’s coaching

Won the 2025 Champions Trophy title

Won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup

Won the title of Asia Cup 2025

Won T20 series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Under the coaching of Gambhir, Team India has played about 95 matches, in which it won 59, lost 29 and 5 were drawn/inconclusive. With this the winning percentage is around 62.11%.

VVS Laxman’s record as India’s head coach

Against Ireland in 2022 – 2-0 win

Against Zimbabwe in 2022 – 3-0 win

Against New Zealand in 2022 – 1-0 win

Against New Zealand in 2022 – 0-1 loss

Against Zimbabwe in 2024 – 4-1 win

Against South Africa in 2024 – 3-1 win

Against Zimbabwe in 2026 – 3-0 win

Apart from these bilateral series, under the coaching of Laxman, Team India won the gold medal in the 2023 Asian Games. In the 2022 Asia Cup, under the coaching of Laxman, Team India had to be eliminated from the Super-4.

Team India has played about 23 matches so far under the coaching of Laxman. In these matches, the team won 18, lost 4 and 1 remained inconclusive. The winning percentage is around 78.3%.

Laxman’s record looks good in terms of win percentage, but Team India has played less matches under his coaching. The Indian team has played more matches under Gambhir’s coaching.

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