India trip of New Zealand: Rahul Dravid rested, VVS Laxman to coach Team India

Rahul Dravid, India’s coach, has actually been offered a break of a couple of days and VVS Laxman will coach the Indian group on their trip of New Zealand. Rahul’s assistance team member Vikram Rathour, the batting coach, and Paras Mhambrey, the bowling coach, too have actually been rested and Laxman will have the previous leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule and Hrishikesh Kanitkar as his deputies. This choice has actually got absolutely nothing to do with India’s unceremonious exit from the T20 World Cup after England handed them a 10- wicket hammering in the semifinal in Adelaide on Thursday. Laxman is the chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. It’s not the very first time Laxman will be taking a trip as coach with the Indian group. He was on task throughout India’s trip of Ireland, followed by one T20 video game versus England. With the Indian group playing back to back series. Laxman was likewise taken a trip with the group in Zimbabwe. In New Zealand, Hardik Pandya will lead in the T20 Is while Shikhar Dhawan will be captain for the ODI leg with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, together with a couple of others, rested for the trip. Pandya had actually led India for the Ireland T20 Is in June. Pacers Kuldeep Sen (Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan Royals) has actually gotten his first call-up, for the New Zealand and Bangladesh ODIs, respectively. Both became part of the India ‘A’ side for the New Zealand ‘A’ series just recently. Umran Malik, India’s fastest bowler, who had actually played 3 T20 Is in Ireland and England, is back for the New Zealand trip. Senior gamers Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravichandran Ashwin have actually been rested for the trip, the whole training personnel has actually likewise been provided a break after the T20 World Cup. Indian Squads T20 Is: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik
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