India's first assignment under head coach Gautam Gambhir — a tour of Sri Lanka — saw a mixed start. While India won the T20 series, they were handed a 2-0 loss in the ODI series, marking their first ODI series defeat to Sri Lanka in 27 years.

Gautam Gambhir took over the reins of India’s men’s cricket team as the head coach last year. He succeeded Rahul Dravid, who stepped down from the role after India’s triumph in the T20 World Cup

A second series loss saw poor selections, including six bowlers on a spicy SCG pitch, with no answer on Virat, Rohit future

Head coach Gautam Gambhir remained coy about the Test future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Speaking after India lost the Sydney Test, Gambhir said it was not the right time to talk about the transition period.