5 previous Indian coaches and their first series performances

5. Ravi Shastri (2015-2016) – India tour to Bangladesh, 2015

Ravi Shastri had mixed success as India’s team director (Image Credit: India Today)

Although Ravi Shastri had already taken over as the director of the Indian team during Duncan Fletcher’s coaching stint, he took complete control only after the latter’s tenure ended. While his job early on was to oversee the team affairs, Shastri’s role ventured into the coaching territory since Fletcher left.

His first series as the independent team director was when India toured Bangladesh for a one-off Test and a 3-match ODI series. Weather played spoilsport during the Test after the Indians were in a dominant position and it ended up being a draw.

However, the ODI series proved to be quite a shameful outing for Team India as they lost the series 1-2 against a fired-up Bangladeshi team.