Happy Birthday Gautam Gambhir: Team India’s head coach and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir turned 44 on October 14 (Tuesday). The Indian team is performing amazingly under the coaching of Gambhir. Under Gambhir, Team India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Then ‘Men in Blue’ also won the title in Asia Cup 2025.
Gautam Gambhir Became the head coach of the Indian team in July 2024. After becoming the coach, Gambhir has expressed confidence in the young players, who have lived up to the expectations of the team. Gambhir is not only proving to be a successful coach, but as a cricketer, he was also successful in performing brilliantly for India. Gambhir was the highest run scoring Indian batsman in the T20 World Cup 2007 final and the 2011 Cricket World Cup final. He played an important role in the Indian team winning the title by playing innings of 75 and 97 runs respectively.
by Gautam Gambhir test cricket Had created a unique record. Gambhir is the first Indian batsman to score century innings in five consecutive Test matches. This record of Gambhir has not been broken by any Indian batsman even after 15 years. Gambhir achieved this feat by scoring 116 runs in India’s second innings in the Chittagong Test against Bangladesh in January 2010.
Gambhir could have equaled Bradman also
Gautam Gambhir is the fourth batsman in the world to score centuries in five consecutive matches in Test cricket. Australia’s great batsman Don Bradman tops this list, who scored centuries in six consecutive Test matches. Jacques Kallis of South Africa and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan were also successful in scoring centuries in five consecutive Test matches. Gambhir also had a chance to equal Bradman, but he was out after scoring 68 runs in the Mirpur Test in January 2010.
Gautam Gambhir’s century in five consecutive test matches
March 2009: 16 & 137 against New Zealand, Napier
April 2009: 23 & 167 against New Zealand, Wellington
November 2009: 1 & 114 against Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad
November 2009: 167 runs against Sri Lanka, Kanpur
January 2010: 23 & 116 against Bangladesh, Chittagong
On December 4, 2018, Gautam Gambhir had announced his retirement from international cricket. His last Test match for India was against England in Rajkot in 2016. Gambhir scored 4154 runs in total 58 matches in Test cricket. His average in this format was 41.95 and he scored nine centuries.
Whereas, in One Day International, Gautam Gambhir scored 5238 runs in 147 matches and his average was 39.68. He played a total of 11 century innings in One Day International. Gambhir left his mark in T20 International also. In 37 T20I matches, he scored 932 runs, which included seven half-centuries and his average in this format was 27.41. Under the captaincy of Gambhir, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title twice (2012 & 2014).
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