India head coach Rahul Dravid will not coach India in the upcoming three-match One-Day International series against South Africa starting Sunday. Instead, India’s head coach will accompany his red-ball team and oversee his preparation for the two-match Test series.
Rahul Dravid and his coaching staff will not be attending any of the three One-Day Internationals. National Cricket Academy (NCA) official Sitanshu Kotak will coach KL Rahul’s ODI team. Ajay Ratra will be the fielding coach and Rajiv Dutta, who is associated with NCA, will be the bowling coach.
According to the BCCI, Rahul Dravid will monitor the three-day match between the two teams starting December 20 in Pretoria. The match was the second match for the Indian team on tour, and although the previous game against South Africa A ended in a draw, regular members of the Test squad including captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin. is likely to participate.
“Team India (senior men’s) head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Latur, bowling coach Paras Mambray and fielding coach T. Dilip have joined the Test team and will play inter-match He will oversee the preparations for the “Test Series”
BCCI said in a statement: “The ODI team will be supported by the India A coaching staff consisting of batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, bowling coach Rajiv Dutta and fielding coach Ajay Ratra.” Stated.
The decision was taken considering India’s long wait for their first Test series win in South Africa. Despite winning the first Test, India lost the final Test of 2021-22 2-1. This was Dravud’s first full stint as India’s head coach.
Rahul Dravid, who returned as head coach after a dream performance in the 2023 ODI World Cup, won the three-match T20 series in South Africa 1-1. He plans to prioritize the shortest and longest formats for now. In June this year, the T20 World Cup is scheduled to take place, and there will also be a World Championship where you can earn points.
Meanwhile, experienced Indian players Kohli, Ashwin, Bumrah, Navdeep Saini and Harshit Rana traveled to South Africa on Friday. On Friday night, Captain Rohit Sharma was photographed at the Mumbai airport on his way to South Africa. Meanwhile, Mohamed Shami was ruled out after his ankle failed to recover.
The two tests will be conducted in Centurion and Cape Town, South Africa. Following the tour to South Africa, India will welcome three Twenty20 internationals against Afghanistan before a thrilling five-match Test series against England.
