Gautam Gambhir will kick off his tenure as India’s head coach by holding a press conference before the Indian cricket team leaves for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The two-time World Cup winner was announced as the new head coach a couple of weeks ago, but he hasn’t met up with the team or addressed the media until now.
Gambhir’s first press as India head coach
Gautam Gambhir will hold his first press conference as India’s head coach on July 22 alongside BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar. According to the Times of India, the Men in Blue will leave for Sri Lanka the same day as well. Since the T20I series starts on July 27, we can expect the players in the T20 squad to leave on July 22 and members of the ODI team to join them later.
In what will be his first assignment as commander-in-chief, Gambhir is expected to have Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate as assistant coaches, and T Dilip as the fielding coach, alongside him as the support staff. There is speculation that Morne Morkel will become the bowling coach, but it’s uncertain whether he’ll travel with Team India to Sri Lanka.
India squad for Sri Lanka series
T20I: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ꮪhubman Gill (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.
ODI : Rohit Sharma (c), Ꮪhubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
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India vs Sri Lanka T20I & ODI schedule
| Format | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1st T20I | Pallekele | 27th July |
| 2nd T20I | Pallekele | 28th July |
| 3rd T20I | Pallekele | 30th July |
| 1st ODI | Colombo | 2nd August |
| 2nd ODI | Colombo | 4th August |
| 3rd ODI | Colombo | 7th August |
