Gautam Gambhir, the new head coach of Team India, Gambhir had suggested some names as his colleagues after joining the team. There are reports that BCCI has accepted them. Cricbuz claims that BCCI will consider Ryan ten Duska of the Netherlands and Indian Abhishek Nair. No official information has come yet about the pairing with Gambhir but reports claim that Nair and De Scart will go on the Sri Lanka tour with Gambhir. Nair was recently the assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, and even today he is the fielding coach of this team. Gambhir has been a coach and has worked as a mentor for this team. Before joining the Indian team, Gambhir was the mentor of KKR and this team also won the title of All 2024.
There is also news that the current fielding coach of Team India. T Dilip has been retained, that is, he will remain associated with the team. The bowling coach of the team has not been decided yet, but it is being said that former South African pacer Mony Mokal can be hired for this role. Markal is also serious about KKR. He has worked with Mone and also played for this team under the captaincy of Gambhir from 2014 to 2016. Mone has also been the winner of IPL in the year 2014. The report claims that Dilip and Nair will go to Sri Lanka with the team, although the discord It is not being said with certainty yet that he is currently working in the coaching staff of L Knight Riders in Major League Cricket i.e. MLC. It remains to be seen whether he will join Team India after the end of this season or not. Meanwhile, talking about the bowling coach, the board is currently discussing with Morkel but nothing has been confirmed in this regard.
Meanwhile, the board announced the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour and after the team was revealed, the fans and Former cricketers were divided into two parts, many people were surprised to see the names of players not selected for this team, while some people are saddened by Hardik Pandya not getting the captaincy of T20I. There is only one Indian in the T20 World Cup 2024. He was the vice-captain of the team. He played a big role in helping India win the World Cup by performing well with both bat and ball. But the new coach does not have confidence in his fitness, hence Surya Kumar Yadav has been made the captain. Not only this, Hadik is in the ODI team. Now even the place is not confirmed. Gambhir wants Hadik to prove his fitness by bowling a full 10 overs. Hardik is not included in the ODI team of the Sri Lanka tour. Now if Hardik wants to make his place in the DI team, then he will have to bowl the quota of 10 overs. Otherwise, he will face problems.
The team is looking for a pace-bowling all-rounder who can bowl a full 10 overs. Also, if Hadik is out of Team India, he will have to play in domestic tournaments. BCCI's policy is very clear about this if you are fit. And if Team India is not playing then they will have to play domestic tournaments. Apart from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah, this rule applies to all other players.