Indian Cricket Team / It is almost certain that these 2 giants will join the Indian team, an important decision will be taken for the Sri Lanka tour

Indian Cricket Team: The Indian team has to play a series of three ODIs and three T20 matches on the Sri Lanka tour. Team India has already been announced for this. Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India in ODIs. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav has been given the command of the T20 team. Shubman Gill has been made the vice-captain of both ODI and T20 formats. The team's head coach Gautam Gambhir will take charge from this tour itself. Now the news of two veterans joining the coaching staff on the Sri Lanka tour has come to the fore.

Part of KKR's coaching set

According to ESPNcricinfo's report, former India player Abhishek Nair and former Netherlands all-rounder Ryan Ten Doeschate can be the assistant coaches of the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour. Both these former players are also part of the coaching set up of the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise in the IPL and have worked with the new head coach of the Indian team.

Has been the head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL

40-year-old Abhishek Nair has played only three ODIs for India. He has played more than 100 matches in first class cricket and played an important role in helping the Mumbai team win several Ranji Trophy titles in domestic cricket. He has been more successful as a coach than a player. Nair has also served as the head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Varun Chakraborty of KKR team, which won the IPL 2024 title, has praised Abhishek Nair.

Ryan Ten Doeschate is currently the assistant coach of Los Angeles Knight Riders in the Major League Cricket going on in America. He has also been the batting coach of the Kent. He has played 33 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals for the Netherlands. He has experience, which can be useful for the Indian team.

Indian team squad against Sri Lanka:

T20 team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj

ODI team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana