VVS Laxman appointed as head coach of the indian team!?
VVS Laxman has been appointed as the head coach of the indian team for the T20I series against South Africa. After the Test series against New Zealand, india will play a four-match T20I series against south africa on november 8. While the indian team for this has been announced recently, there are now reports that VVS Laxman has been appointed as the coach of the indian team for this series. Head Coach gautham Gambhir will focus on the 5-match Test series against Australia. As a result, information has come out from the bcci side that VVS Laxman has been appointed as the coach for the south africa series.
The first T20I is scheduled to begin in Durban on november 8. For this, the indian men's cricket team is going to south africa in early November. The remaining three matches are scheduled for november 10, 13, and 15 in Kebarha, Centurion, and johannesburg respectively. Sairaj Bahudule, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, and Subadeep Ghosh have reportedly been appointed as additional coaches for the series. VVS Laxman has been serving as the President of NCA in Bengaluru since 2021. Dravid also coached the indian team.
Laxman was the head coach of the indian team in the series against ireland in june 2022. He was the last coach in the 5-match T20I series against zimbabwe in July. india won the series 4-1. A few days ago bcci announced the 15-man indian squad for the T20I series against South Africa. suryakumar yadav, who was appointed as the captain of the indian team from the sri lanka series, will continue as the captain in this series as well. The team also includes the likes of hardik pandya, sanju samson, and Rinku Singh. Under the leadership of suryakumar yadav, the indian team has won the last 2 T20I series played. india won the t20 series against sri lanka by 3-0. They also won the 3-match T20I series against bangladesh by 3-0. In this case, he is keen to win the south africa series as well. india last played a T20I against south africa in december 2023 under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav. In a t20 match in Joburg on 14 december, suryakumar yadav scored a century for india, and kuldeep yadav took five wickets.
India squad for south africa series: suryakumar yadav (C), abhishek Sharma, sanju samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), hardik pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, varun Chakraborty, ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan, yash Dayal.