The head coach for India’s first white ball trip of South Africa will be VVS Laxman. Gautam Gambhir, the current national coach, will be traveling to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Therefore he will fill in.
A senior representative of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the decision to Cricbuzz on Monday. At first, the four-match series was not planned. Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the BCCI recently made the arrangement.
India will participate in four Twenty20 Internationals on November 8, 10, 13, and 15 in Durban, Gqeberha, Centurion, and Johannesburg, respectively. The group will leave on or around November 4. On November 10–11, the BGT Indian squad departs.
Sairaj Bahutule, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, and Subhadeep Ghosh, among other coaches and staff of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, will be a part of VVS Laxman coaching staff. Head coach Bahutule, batting coach Kanitkar, and fielding coach Ghosh were all members of the India Emerging team that competed in the Asia Emerging Cup in Oman. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India A squad is traveling to Australia with NCA members Sitanshu Kotak of Saurashtra and Mazhar Moidu of Kerala.
Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the 15-man team that the Board of Control for Cricket in India. BCCI announced on Friday, October 25, for the four Twenty20 Internationals.
The decision to arrange the South African tour within India’s domestic season has drawn some criticism. “Before the trip to Australia, there is an unnecessary four-match T20 series in South Africa next month. “Approximately 50 to 60 players will not be available for their State teams in the premier national tournament. The Ranji Trophy, as a ‘A’ team will also be visiting Australia the following month. ” Sunil Gavaskar, the former captain of India, said in Sportstar.
T20I team:
Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), and Suryakumar Yadav (C).
