Gautam Gambhir is expected to take the reigns as India’s new head coach in late July, when India begins their white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. Gambhir is currently the front-runner for the job, edging out former India women’s coach, WV Raman. In the meantime, National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman will lead the young team in the 5-match India vs Zimbabwe T20I series, the squad for which will be announced on June 22 or 23.
“There is a possibility that Laxman (VVS) along with some of the NCA coaches will travel with the new look squad to Zimbabwe. Laxman and the NCA team has always filled up whenever Rahul Dravid and the first team coaches have been taking periodic breaks during their stint,” a BCCI source told PTI on condition of anonymity.
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