This is a list of head coaches of the men's and women's Indian national cricket teams. India has been a full member of International 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 succeeding Rahul Dravid.
India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev when PR Man Singh was the coach. In 2007, India won the inaugural T20 World cup under Dhoni when Lalchand Rajput was the coach. In 2011, they won the ODI world cup for the second time under Dhoni when Gary Kirsten was the coach. India has also won three Champions trophies in 2002, 2013, and 2025 when coached by John Wright, Duncan Fletcher, and Gautam Gambhir respectively.
Men's coaches
+ List of men's head coachesNameTenureNationalityKeki Tarapore1971IndiaHemu Adhikari1971–1974IndiaGulabrai Ramchand1975IndiaDatta Gaekwad1978IndiaSalim Durrani1980–1981IndiaAshok Mankad1982IndiaPR Man Singh1983–1987IndiaChandu Borde1988IndiaBishan Singh Bedi1990–1991IndiaAbbas Ali Baig1991–1992IndiaAjit Wadekar1992–1996IndiaSandeep Patil1996IndiaMadan Lal1996–1997IndiaAnshuman Gaekwad1997–1999IndiaKapil Dev1999–2000IndiaJohn Wright2000–2005New ZealandGreg Chappell2005–2007AustraliaRavi Shastri (Interim)2007IndiaLalchand Rajput2007–2008IndiaGary Kirsten 2008–2011South AfricaDuncan Fletcher2011–2015ZimbabweRavi Shastri2014–2016IndiaSanjay Bangar (Interim)2016IndiaAnil Kumble2016–2017IndiaSanjay Bangar (Interim)2017IndiaRavi Shastri2017–2021IndiaRahul Dravid2021–2024IndiaVVS Laxman (Interim)2024 (Tour of Zimbabwe & Tour of South Africa)IndiaGautam Gambhir2024–presentIndia
Women's coaches + List of Women's head coachesNameTenureNationalitySudha Shah2003–2007IndiaShantha Rangaswamy2003–2007IndiaSudha Shah2008–2010IndiaK. V. P. Rao2010IndiaAnju Jain2011–2013IndiaTushar Arothe2013–2014IndiaPurnima Rau2014IndiaSudha Shah2014IndiaPurnima Rau2015–2017IndiaTushar Arothe2017–2018IndiaRamesh Powar2018IndiaWV Raman2018–2021IndiaRamesh Powar2021–2022IndiaAmol Muzumdar2023–presentIndia
See also List of India national cricket captains
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