Fresh Details Emerge About Gautam Gambhir's Contract As Team India Head Coach

Gautam Gambhir has succeeded Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of the Indian cricket team. Dravid's tenure with the Indian cricket team ended after the IND vs SA ICC Men's T20 World Cup finals. Gambhir's first stint as Team India's Head Coach starts with the team's away series to Sri Lanka which is scheduled to get underway in the last week of July.

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The financial nitty-gritties of Gautam Gambhir's appointment as India's head coach are yet to be worked out but that's the "last of his concerns" right now as he is focussed on getting a support staff of choice to prepare for the enormous challenges that await him during the three-year stint. On Tuesday, BCCI secretary Jay Shah officially announced Gambhir's appointment, which was on cards for a long time. However, it is learnt that his salary is yet to be finalised although it is expected to be in the same bracket as that of his predecessors Rahul Dravid and Ravi Shastri.

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"For Gautam, it was important that he took charge and salary and other stuff can be worked out as it's not going anywhere. It is similar to the case of Ravi Shastri in 2014 when he was first made Director of Cricket over head coach Duncan Fletcher," a BCCI source told PTI. "The day Ravi joined, he didn't even have a contract and things worked out. In case of Gautam also, some finer details are being worked out. The salary will be in the same range of Rahul Dravid," he added.

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It is understood that Gambhir will be given his own team to work with, who will also closely co-ordinate with the NCA (National Cricket Academy) coaches, who look after the pathways teams (India A and U-19) as well as the targetted players. India have to play 5 ICC tournaments in the next three years across format. Rahul Dravid has left Indian cricket at a better place and the onus now falls on Gautam Gambhir to take it forward.

(With PTI Inputs)