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Abhishek Nair (left) has played three ODI matches for India.
Former India all-rounder Abhishek Nair and former Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate have been included in India’s coaching staff for the Sri Lanka tour. According to reports, Gambhir had talked to assistant coach Abhishek Nair and Netherlands’ Ten Doeschate along with Morne Morkel and several players. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), fulfilling their two demands, has approved taking both of them on the tour of Sri Lanka.
At the same time, the fielding coach of the Indian team will remain T. Dilip. Dilip will go to Sri Lanka with the team on Monday. The name of the bowling coach is not clear yet. However, Australia’s Troy Cooley could go in to fill the void. This will be the first time that the team will have two assistant coaches in its coaching staff. There was no assistant coach during the time of Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid. Abhishek Nair and Ten Doeschate were the assistant coaches of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) during Gambhir’s mentorship. Now due to this change, Kolkata has no one in the coaching staff except head coach Chandrakant Pandit and bowling coach Bharat Arun.
Nair (right) is the assistant coach of KKR and head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders.
India will play 3 T-20 and 3 ODI matches on Sri Lanka tour
Team India will play a series of 3 T-20 matches in Sri Lanka. The first match will be played in Pallekele on 27th July at 7:00 pm. The ODI series will start from August 2 in Colombo.
Gautam Gambhir Head Coach of Team India
Gautam Gambhir has become the head coach of Team India. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah announced this on Tuesday. 42 year old Gambhir has replaced Rahul Dravid, popularly known as The Wall. Dravid’s tenure ended after the T20 World Cup. Gambhir’s tenure will last till July 2027.
Gambhir had made Kolkata Knight Riders the champion of IPL-2024 one and a half months ago. He became the mentor of the Kolkata franchise this year. Not only this, under his mentorship Gambhir had taken Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.
T-20 squad for Sri Lanka tour: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep. Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammad Siraj.
ODI squad for Sri Lanka tour: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khalil Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
