VVS Laxman: Team India has to play a 4-match T20 series in South Africa before the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT). For which BCCI has also announced the team. Some new players have also got a chance in this team.
Whereas the head coach has also been announced for this series, because the main series for Team India is Border Gavaskar, for the preparation of which head coach Gautam Gambhir will be in Australia, hence a new coach has been announced for this series. Is.
VVS Laxman will be the coach of Team India in South Africa
VVS Laxman has been appointed as the coach for the series against South Africa. Laxman has coached Team India before also. The then head coach Rahul Dravid did not go to Ireland due to preparations for the World Cup and Asia Cup 2023, due to which Laxman was made the head coach of Team India.
Let us tell you that he had taken the responsibility of coaching in the T20 series against Ireland before the Asia Cup 2023. In that series, the command of the team was given to Jasprit Bumrah. India won the 3-match series against Ireland 2-0. Whereas in one match it rained due to which there was no result.
Yash Dayal and Vijay Kumar got a chance
Some new faces have been given a chance in the team for the series against South Africa. Yash Dayal and Vijaykumar have got a chance in Team India because of their consistent performance. After hitting 5 consecutive sixes from Rinku Singh, Yash made a very good comeback and bowled brilliantly in the IPL last year.
When are the matches to be played?
Let us tell you that Team India has to play 4 T20 matches against South Africa. In which the first match will be played in Durban on 8 November, the second match will be played in St. George Park on 10 November, the third match will be played in Centurion on 13 November and the final match will be played in Johannesburg on 15 November.
Team India for T20 series against South Africa-
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar, Avesh Khan and Yash Dayal
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