New Delhi. After Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, the Indian cricket team has also got two new assistant coaches. Gautam Gambhir, who was holding his first press conference after becoming the head coach, gave this information on Monday. These two veterans who are going on the Sri Lanka tour as assistant coaches have worked with Gautam Gambhir before. Their names are Abhishek Nair and Ryan Ten Doeschate. The Indian team is going to Sri Lanka soon. The T20 series will be played between Team India and Sri Lanka from July 27. After this, both the teams will face each other in the ODI series from August 2.
Gautam Gambhir, who became the head coach on July 9, held his first press conference on July 22. During this, he gave important information about the coaching staff. Gambhir said that former all-rounders Abhishek Nair and Ryan Ten Doeschate will play the role of assistant coaches on the Sri Lanka tour. Former Indian all-rounder Sairaj Bahutule will be in the role of interim bowling coach on the Sri Lanka tour. T. Dilip will go to Sri Lanka as fielding coach. T. Dilip was also in the same role in the T20 World Cup winning team. It is believed that his tenure will be extended.
Gautam Gambhir said, ‘This is the gist of the coaching staff for now. We will finalize it after the Sri Lanka tour is over. We will have time after the India-Sri Lanka series. Abhishek (Nair) is the assistant coach and Ryan Ten Doeschate is also the assistant coach. Hopefully both will be successful in their new role.’ Gambhir said that Abhishek Nair, Sairaj Bahutule and T. Dilip are going with the team. Ryan Ten Doeschate will join the team in Colombo.
Let us tell you that Abhishek Nair and Ryan Ten Doeschate were members of the coaching staff of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) during IPL 2024. Nair was the assistant coach of KKR and Doeschate was the fielding coach. Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of KKR. Abhishek Nair of Mumbai has played 3 ODIs for India. Abhishek Nair has got more success as a mentorship than as a cricketer. He has worked with everyone from Dinesh Karthik to Rohit Sharma and is a good friend. Ryan Ten Doeschate of Netherlands has played 33 ODIs and 20 T20 Internationals.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 22, 2024, 14:32 IST