Gary Stead appointed Andhra’s coach for 2026-27 domestic season

Gary Stead has replaced Tinu Yohannan as Andhra’s head coach for the 2026-27 domestic season. Stead served as the head coach of the New Zealand men’s team from 2018 to June 2025 and marshalled the Blackcaps to the World Test Championship title in 2021. Yohannan moved to the MRF Pace Foundation earlier this year.

“Andhra cricket enters a new era under his guidance, aiming for bigger milestones and top-tier performances this season,” the Andhra Cricket Association posted on social media.

Stead, 53, is New Zealand’s most successful coach with three global white-ball final appearances – 2019 ODI World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy – and a historic 3-0 Test series win in India embellishing his resume. Before that, he guided New Zealand Women to the final of the 2009 ODI World Cup and the 2010 T20 World Cup. Moreover, Stead also coached Canterbury during three glorious campaigns and a final run in the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s domestic red-ball competition, from 2013 to 2017.

Andhra endured a poor showing across formats in the preceding domestic season. They will begin the 2025-26 season with Ranji Trophy as Uttar Pradesh await on October 15.