Gautam Gambhir is celebrating his 44th birthday today, on this occasion he is in Delhi where India vs West Indies second test is being played. Presently he is the head coach of Team India and after celebrating his birthday today, he will leave for Australia on Wednesday. His career as a player was also brilliant, he was a part of the T20 World Cup (2007) and ODI World Cup (2011) winning teams. As a captain, he also won the IPL trophy and while being a mentor, he made KKR the champion. While being his coach, Team India won the Champions Trophy title this year.
Gautam Gambhir was born on 14 October 1981 in Delhi. According to his Wikipedia page, Gambhir’s grandfather came to Delhi from Multan in 1947. Gambhir was adopted by his maternal grandparents, since then he lived with them. Gambhir started playing cricket at the age of 10, he studied at Modern School, Delhi. In his early days, Gambhir learned the tricks of cricket under the coaching of Sanjay Bhardwaj from Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy.
Made international debut in 2003
Gautam Gambhir played his first international match against Bangladesh on 11 April 2003, it was an ODI match. A year later, he made his Test debut and then T20 debut in 2007. Gambhir played 242 international matches in all three formats.
- 58 test- 4154 runs (9 centuries, 22 half-centuries)
- 147 ODI- 5238 runs (11 centuries, 34 half-centuries)
- 37 T20- 932 runs (7 half-centuries)
Gautam Gambhir was a part of the 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup winning team, he performed brilliantly in both the tournaments. Gambhir scored 75 runs in 54 balls in the 2007 T20 World Cup final. Gambhir scored 97 runs in the 2011 ODI World Cup final when two big wickets in the form of Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar fell early.
Under his captaincy, Gautam Gambhir made Kolkata Knight Riders win the IPL title twice (2012 and 2014). Gambhir played for KKR and Delhi Capitals in IPL, scoring 4217 runs in a total of 154 matches.
Gautam Gambhir Coaching Career
In October 2018, Gautam Gambhir completed 10 thousand runs in his List A cricket in Vijay Hazare Trophy. After this, he announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on December 3, 2018. In 2022, Lucknow Super Giants appointed him as a mentor. In 2024, KKR made him a mentor, this year KKR won the trophy under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer.
On July 9, 2024, BCCI appointed him as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team. Under his captaincy, India won the ICC Champions Trophy title this year. Last month itself, with Gautam Gambhir as the coach, India also won the Asia Cup trophy.
Married to Natasha Jain in 2011
Gautam Gambhir married Natasha Jain in 2011, both their families already knew each other. Gautam Gambhir currently lives in Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. Recently the entire Indian cricket team had come to his house for dinner.
Gautam Gambhir’s net worth
Mykhail, in its report citing Times of India, put Gautam Gambhir’s net worth at around Rs 265 crore (by 2024). Let us tell you that he has also been an MP from East Delhi (2019-2024). In 2019 he was honored with the Padmashree Award.
