Team India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir has finally taken over the office as the successor of Rahul Dravid who ended his tenure after a historic triumph in the T20 World Cup 2024. The Men in Blue took part in their first practice session with the former Indian player ahead of their upcoming series against Sri Lanka where they will compete in three T20Is and ODIs. Gambhir would be eyeing a winning start to his tenure and a dominant win against the Island nation at their home would be perfect for it.
India's first practice session with Gambhir
BCCI shared the clip of Gautam Gambhir's first practice session with the Indian team from their official ‘X’ account formerly known as Twitter. The video of this session is now going viral all over the internet. In the post shared by BCCI, the new head coach can be seen interacting with players like Sanju Samson, and Shivam Dube. Players can be seen doing drills and new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is also visible addressing the players as they gear up for the big series.
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Former Kolkata Knight Riders' assistant coaches Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate will be playing the same role with the Indian team. Meanwhile, T Dilip has been retained and will continue to be a part of the team as the fielding coach. NCA member and former Indian spinner Sairaj Bahutule will be part of the team as an interim bowling coach for Sri Lanka series.
India Squads for Sri Lanka series
T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.
ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
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