Gautam Gambhir has been trending in Indian cricket news since he joined the Indian team as the head coach last July after India won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. 

Gambhir was one of the greatest openers in Indian cricket history. He had important roles in India’s winning the inaugural ICC World T20 trophy (2007) and also the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 as the co-host. He also had some great records as a captain.

While Gambhir also has some strong records as a mentor in the IPL, including winning the IPL 2024 title as the mentor for Kolkata Knight Riders, he just started his head coach role for Team India and most things are not going well. 

Here we are going through key stats and facts about Gautam Gambhir as a batter, captain, and coach. 

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Gautam Gambhir as a batter

• The first Indian batter to earn the top 10 places in all three formats of the ICC Rankings.

• The first Indian batter to reach the no.1 place in the ICC T20I batting rankings. 

• The first Indian cricketer to record centuries in five consecutive Test matches.  

• Only Indian opener to face 500+ deliveries in a Test match (577 balls against England in Mohali in 2008).

• The first opener to win the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year.

• The first Indian cricketer to score 50+ runs in both the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final.

• One of the important Indian names to win the ICC World T20 2007 and ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. 

Gautam Gambhir as a captain 

• Only Indian captain to win the first six international matches. 

• Win two IPL trophies as a captain. 

• Only captain to win 10 successive IPL matches.

• First captain to win 14 successive T20 matches for a team (Kolkata Knight Riders).

Gautam Gambhir as a Head Coach

• India lost the first bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka after 27 years.

• India lost the first home Test match against New Zealand after 36 years.

• India lost the home Test series against New Zealand for the first time.

• India lost a home Test series with three or more Tests in a whitewashed manner for the first time (0-3 by New Zealand).

• India became the first visiting team to win a Test match at Perth Stadium.

• India lost the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy after almost eight years.