IND vs SL Series: No team manager on SL series – After parting ways with Girish Dongre, the BCCI has decided to go with a no team manager policy. Instead of a team manager in the Sri Lanka series, BCCI has appointed Jaidev Shah as a ‘representative’ of the board. Follow India vs Sri Lanka Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Following the T20 World Cup in the UAE, BCCI decided against renewing Girish Dongre’s contract. But he was still sent to South Africa and following that had appointed Dhaval Shah of Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) for the West Indies series.
IND vs SL Series: Rohit Sharma & Co to have no team manager for Lanka series, BCCI appoints Jaidev Shah as ‘representative’
IND vs SL Series: Rohit Sharma & Co to have no team manager for Lanka series, BCCI appoints Jaidev Shah as ‘representative’
As per a Cricbuzz report, the BCCI is likely to revert to the policy of series by series managers. For the Sri Lanka series, Saurashtra Cricket Association’s Jaidev Shah will be the board’s representative but not the manager as the BCCI has decided to do away with the post.
Girish Dongre was appointed by the Committee of Administrators (COA) in 2019 and was with the team till the South Africa series on a temporary extension. From the Sri Lanka series onwards, there will be no manager and only a representative of the BCCI to oversee things. Dongre came under fire after India abandoned the 5th Test in England following a Covid outbreak.
IND vs SL Series: Rohit Sharma & Co to have no team manager for Lanka series, BCCI appoints Jaidev Shah as ‘representative’
Meanwhile, both India and Sri Lanka announced their squads for the upcoming three-match T20 series starting in Lucknow on February 24. Following the three-match series, India will play two-match Test series including a Day/Night match in Bengaluru.
India T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c)Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Bumrah (vc), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Md. Siraj, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Y Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
Sri Lanka T20 squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kamil Mishara, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Shiran Fernando, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Ashian Daniel (subject to ministerial approval).
IND vs SL Series: Rohit Sharma & Co to have no team manager for Lanka series, BCCI appoints Jaidev Shah as ‘representative’
