5. Trevor Bayliss

The former Australian cricketer failed to grab the limelight during his playing day. However, Trevor Bayliss is currently one of the best coaches around and his technical analysis and man-management skills are absolutely spot on.

Bayliss took over from Steve Rixon as New South Wales coach in 2004-05. He experienced immediate success by guiding the side to the Sheffield Shield title and since then, has a number of titles under his belt. However, his personal high came when he guided England to the World Cup title in 2019. It came as a sweet victory as he built the ODI team after bowing out of the tournament from the group stages in 2015.

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He has also fair experiences of coaching in the IPL. The 58-year will certainly be keen to put his coaching skills under closed scrutiny by taking up the job of Team India’s head coach in the coming years.