New Delhi, May 13 -- Gautam Gambhir is likely to become a head coach with more power than the team's captain following the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He is poised to reshape the Indian Test team with a focus on fresh talent and a departure from the star-driven culture.

Indian cricket has long been dominated by influential captains. Coaches like Greg Chappell, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Anil Kumble struggled to assert authority against the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma. In contrast to this, coaches like John Wright, Gary Kirsten, and Ravi Shastri succeeded by aligning with the team's skippers. Gambhir, however, is trying to make a new path.

Sources within the Board of Control f...