09 July,2024 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Chandrakant Pandit. Pic/Rane Ashish
Reputed coach Chandrakant Pandit is confident that World Cup-winning India opener Gautam Gambhir will do a great job as head coach of the Indian team.
"I am happy for Gautam. This is a very prestigious job and an honour to be head coach of the Indian cricket team.
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"He is an experienced man, who has played so much international cricket. He himself was a part of winning championships for India. I am very confident that, being an experienced coach, he will do a great job for Indian cricket," Pandit told mid-day from Indore on Tuesday.
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Gambhir, 42, was on Tuesday named head coach of the Indian team, taking over from Rahul Dravid. Mentor Gambhir and head coach Pandit recently guided the Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders to a third IPL triumph. "We worked together and I am very happy with the way we had an understanding in KKR. I will miss him at KKR," Pandit said.
