India will tour Ireland for a three-match T20I series starting August 18. The series starts just after India's all-format tour to the West Indies ends on August 13.
However, India head coach Rahul Dravid will not travel with the team. National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman was set to accompany Jasprit Bumrah and Co. but he will be busy heading a high-performance camp in Bengaluru for three weeks, which will see him miss the Ireland T20Is.
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Who will be the coach of India on their trip to Ireland?
In their absence, the responsibility of leading the young Indian team falls to Sitanshu Kotak. Sairaj Bahutule, the bowling coach, will also join him.
"Kotak and Sairaj Bahutule (bowling coach) will travel with Jasprit Bumrah & Co for the three-match T20I series (from August 18-23), as Laxman will conduct the high-performance camp from August 16 to September 5, for which youngsters like Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prabhsimran Singh, Sai Sudarshan, Akash Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Divyansh Saxena have been called up by the BCCI," Times of India quoted a BCCI source.
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Who is Sitanshu Kotak?
Kotak has been the coach of the India A team for the past two years and this opportunity will allow him to work with senior players like Bumrah.
The Ireland tour holds significance, as it marks the return of Jasprit Bumrah after a nearly year-long absence. Young talents like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, and Jitesh Sharma will also showcase their skills.
Team India is set to depart for Dublin on August 15 for the Ireland series, with the T20Is scheduled from August 18 to 23. Following this, the focus will shift to the One Day Internationals (ODIs) and the upcoming Asia Cup, as part of preparations for the 2023 World Cup preparations.
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India T20I squad to for series in Ireland
IPL star Rinku Singh earns his maiden call-up for Team India, while Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Men In Blue for the first time in T20Is.
Squad: Jasprit Bumrah (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Vice Capt)
Batsmen: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh
Wicket Keepers: Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk)
All Rounders: Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
