Gautam Gambhir: The Indian team is going to tour Sri Lanka at the end of this month. This is going to be their second foreign tour this year. Before this, they have gone to Zimbabwe to play a five-match T20 series. Gautam Gambhir is going to be appointed as the head coach of the team after the Zimbabwe series.

Even before his arrival, a big change is being seen in Team India. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been dropped from the team for the upcoming series. Gauti's role is being said to be behind this. Let us know in detail, what could be the reason behind this.

Gautam Gambhir's tenure will begin with the Sri Lanka tour

Rahul Dravid's tenure as India's head coach has ended after the recently played ICC T20 World Cup 2024. After taking over the post in the year 2021, he held this responsibility for about three years. The T20 World Cup was Dravid's last task in this role.

On the Zimbabwe tour, VVS Laxman was sent with Team India as interim coach. According to information received from sources, Gautam Gambhir may be appointed by BCCI as the new head coach from the Sri Lanka tour.

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KL Rahul or Hardik Pandya likely to lead in the ODI series vs Sri Lanka. [PTI] pic.twitter.com/reeAXSGNMJ

— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) July 8, 2024

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were given leave

According to news from social media, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not be part of the team on the Sri Lanka tour. Actually, Gautam Gambhir had put this condition in front of BCCI that he will make a team full of youth. Apart from this, Gautam had said that he wants the team management to remove senior players from the team in advance.

This player will captain the Sri Lanka tour

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is going to give the responsibility of captaincy to either KL Rahul or Hardik Pandya on the Sri Lanka tour. Apart from this, more and more young players will be given importance in the series of three ODIs and three T20 matches.