{"id":15915,"date":"2026-06-02T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/former-leg-spinner-joins-gautam-gambhirs-support-staff-as-team-indias-spin-bowling-coach-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:29:11","slug":"former-leg-spinner-joins-gautam-gambhirs-support-staff-as-team-indias-spin-bowling-coach-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/former-leg-spinner-joins-gautam-gambhirs-support-staff-as-team-indias-spin-bowling-coach-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Former leg-spinner joins Gautam Gambhir’s support staff as Team India’s spin-bowling coach | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former India leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule<\/a> was appointed as the spin-bowling coach of the Indian men’s cricket team on Tuesday, ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, which will be played from June 6 to 10.“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI<\/a>) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Sairaj Bahutule as the Spin Bowling Coach of the Indian Cricket Team (Senior Men),” the BCCI said in a media release.Bahutule joins the national setup after working with Punjab Kings in IPL 2026, where he served as the franchise’s spin-bowling coach. He will now be responsible for overseeing India’s spin-bowling group across formats.The 53-year-old brings extensive coaching experience at both domestic and franchise level. He was the spin-bowling consultant for the Indian team during the home Test series against Australia in 2022-23 under then head coach Rahul Dravid. He also worked as spin-bowling coach at the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru from 2021 to 2024.Bahutule has previously served as Rajasthan Royals’ spin-bowling coach from 2018 to 2021 and again in 2025. He has also been head coach of several domestic teams, including Bengal, Vidarbha, Kerala and Gujarat.As a player, Bahutule represented India in two Tests and eight ODIs. He also enjoyed a long domestic career, scoring 6,176 runs and taking 630 wickets in first-class cricket.The Indian coaching staff currently includes batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, fast-bowling coach Morne Morkel, fielding coach T Dilip and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate. Bahutule will now take charge of the spin-bowling coach’s role.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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Former India leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule was appointed as the spin-bowling coach of the Indian men’s cricket team on Tuesday, ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, which will be played from June 6 to 10.“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Sairaj […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t