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Gautam Gambhir Salary: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on July 9 gave his approval to Gautam Gambhir for the post of head coach of Team India. Gautam Gambhir has been officially chosen as the successor of Rahul Dravid. Gautam Gambhir will remain the head coach of Team India till 2027. The veteran, who recently led the Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL 2024 championship under his guidance, will begin his tenure with the Sri Lanka tour. Meanwhile, the question arising in everyone's mind is what is Gautam Gambhir's salary? How much is the world's richest cricket board paying its head coach for this responsibility? What is Gautam Gambhir's salary?
Dravid used to get Rs 12 crore annually
According to media sources, the financial formalities for the appointment of Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian cricket team are yet to be completed. According to the information received, his salary has not been decided yet. Gambhir's salary is expected to be the same as that of Rahul Dravid and Ravi Shastri. Dravid used to get Rs 12 crore annually for this job. A BCCI source said that it is more important for Gautam to take charge, salary and other matters can be worked out. The same is the case with Ravi Shastri in 2014, in which he was made the Director of Cricket for the first time in place of head coach Duncan Fletcher. The day Ravi joined, he did not even have a contract and everything happened later. In Gautam's case too, some matters are still being worked out. His salary will be the same as Rahul Dravid's.
Three years and many challenges
The most important thing for Gambhir now is that he has the best support staff to prepare for all the challenges that lie ahead during his three-year tenure. According to the information received, Gambhir will get his own team which will work closely with the coaches of the NCA (National Cricket Academy). Gambhir said, 'Cricket is my passion and I am looking forward to working closely with the BCCI, National Cricket Academy chairman VVS Laxman, support staff and key players as we work towards achieving success in the upcoming tournament.'
Speculation started regarding the support staff
There is also a lot of interest about who will be in Gambhir's core support staff. There is a lot of speculation about the inclusion of Abhishek Nair, chairman of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) academy, one of the key strategists of IPL franchise KKR. Most importantly, he is one of the close friends of current captain Rohit Sharma. A BCCI official has suggested the names of L Balaji and Zaheer Khan as two possible candidates for the bowling coach. According to reports, the name of R Vinay Kumar is also coming up, who is considered to be Gambhir's choice.