Gautam Gambhir's Coaching Stint: A String of Humiliating Defeats for Team India

• Gautam Gambhir's coaching tenure, starting July 2024, has seen Team India suffer numerous embarrassing losses despite winning the 2025 Champions Trophy and Asia Cup.
• India lost a home Test series for the first time in 12 years and was clean-swept for the first time in 25 years under Gambhir's leadership.
• On January 18, India lost an ODI series 1-2 to New Zealand in Indore, marking New Zealand's first ODI series win in India.
• Under Gambhir, India recorded its first ODI series loss to Sri Lanka since 1997 and its first home Test loss to New Zealand since 1988.
• The team also failed to qualify for the World Test Championship final for the first time and lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2015.

Why It Matters: Gautam Gambhir's coaching era has been marked by a series of unprecedented defeats and broken records for Team India.