Rahul Dravid likely to coach India during Sri Lanka tour

While the senior players of the Indian team are set to travel to England for the WTC final followed by a Test series against the English side, a second team will be touring Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is.

According to a report in the Cricbuzz, Rahul Dravid and the fellow members at the NCA will also travel with the Indian team to the island country.

Earlier, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed, “We have planned a white ball series for the senior men’s team during the month of July where they will play T20 Internationals and ODIs in Sri Lanka. Yes, it will be a team of white-ball specialists. It will be a different team.”

Dravid has been the coach of the India U19 and ‘A’ teams in the best and seems to be the best suited option for the job.

The Indian team that will play the ODI and T20I series will be without regular captain Virat Kohli and his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma.

Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav are among the probable players but the squad for the tour is yet to be announced.

The team will reach Sri Lanka on July 5 while the three-match ODI series will commence on July 13. The second and third match will be played on July 16 and 19 respectively. The three T20Is will be played on July 22, 24 and 27.

All the six games of the ODI and T20I series are all but finalised to be played at the Premadasa Stadium only, Sportstar reported quoting Sri Lanka Cricket official.

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