Former India skipper and present National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Rahul Dravid will coach the Indian limited-overs team that may play a six-game sequence towards Sri Lanka in July. This shall be his second stint with the Indian team after working with the boys as a batting guide throughout the England tour in 2014.
Speaking to ANI, a BCCI official within the know of developments confirmed that the NCA head could be main the team because the trio of Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun, and Vikram Rathour shall be in England with the Test team.
“The Team India coaching staff will be in the UK and it is best that the young team is guided by Dravid as he has already worked with almost all of the India ‘A’ boys. The comfort the youngsters share with him will be an added advantage,” the official mentioned.
Before taking on as the pinnacle of NCA in 2019, Dravid had labored carefully with the present crop of kids within the Indian team on the U-19 degree in addition to within the India ‘A’ team. In truth, he’s seen to have performed an integral position in constructing strong bench power for the nationwide team over the past couple of years — having taken cost of the U-19 and ‘A’ team in 2015.
The Indian team for the Sri Lanka sequence is predicted to be chosen on the finish of the month and the boys may have to bear quarantine within the Island Nation earlier than taking part in the three ODI and three T20I video games. The three ODIs shall be performed on July 13, 16, 19 and the T20Is are anticipated to be performed from July 22-27.
While the younger Indian gamers look to combat it out with Sri Lanka within the limited-overs sequence, the Virat Kohli-led aspect shall be in England ready for the beginning of the five-match Test sequence towards the English team from August 4. This after battling it out with New Zealand within the ultimate of the World Test Championship in Southampton from June 18 to 22.
