Gautam Gambhir's Former KKR Teammate Likely To Join Team India As Support Staff Member: Reports

India tour of Sri Lanka: A new look Team India is all set to travel to Sri Lanka for a 6 match white ball series. The series has been divided into two halves with 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs scheduled to be played in the island country. The squads for both the series were announced earlier this week. Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the T20Is whereas Rohit Sharma will resume normal duties as he marks his return as India's ODI captain.

Gautam Gambhir To Have Former KKR Teammate By His Side

Gautam Gambhir succeeded Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of Team India and will kickstart his tenure with the IND vs SL series. The former India player and two time World Cup winner will continue to be Team India's Head Coach for the next three years. Under Gambhir's supervision, India will play 5 ICC Trophies in the next three years. The Indian team is currently in a transitional phase and a lot will depend on how he wants to shape the Indian team up.

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A report in Cricbuzz claims that former Dutch international and Gambhir's ex-KKR teammate Ryan ten Doeschate will be a part of the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour. Not only ten Doeschate, but Gambhir's ex-KKR support staff member Abhishek Nayar will also  join the Indian team on the Sri Lanka tour. Along with Gambhir, ten Doeschate  and Abhishek Nayar, T Dilip has been retained as the fielding coach.

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The Great Hardik Pandya Snub

Hardik Pandya's snub as the T20I captain of India is something that has been overly talked about and rightly so. After Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the shortest international format, Pandya was always in line to take over. Hardik led India's T20I side throughout 2023 and was India's probable skipper for the 2024 T20 World Cup. But Rohit Sharma took over and led India to the T20 World Cup glory for the second time. What has been more surprising is the fact that Hardik wasn't even considered to be the vice-captain of the team. India's tour to Sri Lanka starts on July 27, 2024.