VVS LAXMAN LIKELY TO COACH TEAM INDIA ON IRELAND TOUR
(The Quiver):VVS Laxman is likely to coach the Indian team on a short Ireland tour. Laxman will temporarily cover the head coach position as Rahul Dravid will abet India for the England saga. Dravid will coach the team for rescheduled fifth test and a couple of white-ball series.
Dravid will be with India’s Test squad in England which will play a four-day game in Leicester from June 24-27, before they move to Birmingham where the test will be played from July 1 to July 5. He will join the team after India’s five-match T20I series against South Africa.
Laxman is currently the director at the National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru, and has been in the position since Dravid went on to be the coach for the national side, last year. Laxman has coaching experience with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Laxman was also a batting consultant for Bengal’s domestic team. Also, he was part of the support staff group with the World Cup-winning India Under-19 team in the Caribbean, earlier this year.
Chetan Sharma led selection committee is likely to pick two squads on May 22; one for a T20I home series against South Africa (SA) and the other for the England tour. As there’s barely a time of a week between the SA series and the Ireland tour, it is yet to be seen if selectors choose the same squad for the T20I series.
