After the captain, now the coach has also changed, Dravid will not join the Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe tour
- ODI series starting from August 18 against Zimbabwe captain KL Rahul
- First, Shikhar Dhawan was made the captain
- Now the coach of the match against Zimbabwe also changed
A week is left for India's tour of Zimbabwe to begin and even before that, many changes are being seen in Team India. The first team captain was changed for the ODI series against Zimbabwe starting on August 18 and now there are reports that the coach has also been changed for the same. Team India coach Rahul Dravid will not be with the team for this series against Zimbabwe . In Rahul's place, National Cricket Academy Director VVS Laxman will accompany the team to Zimbabwe.
Rahul Dravid to travel to UAE
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah informed a news agency that National Cricket Academy Director VVS Laxman will coach the Indian team for the Zimbabwe tour. The change has been made for Etal as the senior Indian team will have to travel to the UAE for the Asia Cup and coach Rahul Dravid will also travel to the UAE along with it. That is why VVS Laxman has been made the coach of the Zimbabwe tour.
VVS Laxman has been a coach before,
This is not the first time where VVS Laxman will be seen in the role of a coach with Team India. Recently, when Team India toured Ireland under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, VVS Laxman went there as the coach of Team India.
Asia Cup
Let us know that Team India is going to play ODI matches against Zimbabwe on August 18, 20 and 22. Against this, the Asia Cup is going to start from August 27. That is why Team India has to reach UAE by August 23. KL Rahul, who is with Team India on this tour, Deepak Hooda is also included in the Asia Cup squad which will reach UAE directly from Zimbabwe.
KL Rahul instead
Of Shikhar Dhawan was made the captain for the first tour of Zimbabwe, but he was handed the captaincy after KL Rahul recovered and returned. Currently the captain of the team is Shikhar Dhawan and the vice captain is Shikhar Dhawan.