5 captains who went on to become coach of the same country

Ajit Wadekar

A young Sachin Tendulkar flourished under Wadekar’s coaching

One of India’s best captains and finest slip fielders, Wadekar instilled a winning attitude in an Indian team that were poor travellers abroad. Generally coming in at No.3, he made more than 2000 runs in 37 Tests, captaining the nation to its first ever series wins in England and West Indies. He led India in a total of 16 Tests, winning four and losing as many. Having made his Test debut at the age of 25 in 1966, he played till the year 1974 before retiring.

He returned in 1992 in the capacity of a coach, his tenure coinciding with the emergence of Mohammad Azharuddin as the captain. Under him, the team completed a 3-0 win in England, and remained unbeaten in Tests for a stretch of 14 matches from 1992 to 1994.

Kapil Dev, a World Cup winning captain, is another notable name from India, who also coached the side briefly from 1999-2000, but wasn’t as successful.