“He Should Be Next Indian National Team Coach” Harbhajan Singh Suggest BCCI

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh is simply stunned with Ashish Nehra’s tenure as Gujarat Titans (GT) coach. He believed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) must seek the services of the ex-pacer as a coach for Team India.

Nehra has been the GT head coach since the start of the team’s first season in 2022. The Gujarat-based team won the IPL championship in their first year and were runner-ups in the next season.

GT have played well in the current IPL 2025 and are currently sitting atop the points table with six victories in eight matches.

Harbhajan Singh’s Suggestions to BCCI

Harbhajan also made a suggestion that though Nehra is the optimum fit to coach India, he may refuse the offer due to the busy schedule of the Indian team. In an interview on his YouTube channel ‘Harbhajan Turbanator Singh’, the cricketer turned commentator said (from 1:03):

“I think there is no better coach than him for the Indian team in the present scenario. He is a very great coach. BCCI should ask him wether he wants to work with the Indian team or not. I don’t think he will agree because he won’t be able to give that much time. But there it no better option than him.”

It is interesting to note that Nehra was the first Indian head coach to have won the IPL when GT triumphed in 2022. Besides his stint with GT, his coaching background also comprises a period with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as their bowling coach.

“From the day he joined, he has breathed life into this team” – Harbhajan Singh on Ashish Nehra’s role in GT’s success

Harbhajan Singh underscored the fact that Ashish Nehra has been a crucial factor behind GT’s success. He highlighted the way the cricketer-turned-coach’s thinking has made the team a force to reckon with.

The 44-year-old remarked in the same video (from 0:28):

“Well done, Ashish Nehra, From the day he joined, he has breathed life into this team. Every year this team comes prepared. People say that a left-arm spinner can’t bowl to left-handed batters, or that an off-spinner can’t bowl to right-handed batters, but Ashish Nehra’s bowlers have done it all. It is about the mindset, and this is what Ashish Nehra brings.”