Team India's Sri Lanka tour has been quite exciting. Sri Lanka had to face defeat in the T20 series, but in the ODI series, Sri Lanka played a brilliant game. After 27 years, it was successful in defeating Team India in the ODI series. Now Sri Lanka has to tour England, where the Test series will be played. This tour will start from August 21. The squads of both the teams have been announced for this series. Amidst all this, a big news related to the coaching staff of one of the teams has come to light.

This veteran will join the Sri Lankan team

England has taken a big decision for the 3-match Test series against England. Former star English player Ian Bell may join Sri Lanka's support staff before the series starting on August 21. According to Sri Lankan media reports, Ian Bell has decided to join the Sri Lankan team on the request of Sri Lankan team's interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya.

This series is very important for both the teams in terms of the World Test Championship 2023-25. Ian Bell has been included mainly to help the Sri Lankan batsmen understand the conditions better. Currently, England is at sixth place in the World Test Championship points table with 36.54 percent points, while Sri Lanka is at fourth place with 50 percent points. To remain in the race for the final, both the teams will have to win this series at any cost.

Ian Bell's impressive stats

Ian Bell played a total of 118 Tests, 161 ODIs and 8 T20 matches in his international career. During this, Ian Bell scored 7727 runs in Tests at an average of 42.69, including 46 half-centuries and 22 centuries. In ODIs, he scored 5416 runs at an average of 37.87. He has 35 half-centuries and 4 centuries to his name in ODIs. Apart from this, he scored 188 runs in T20. He also took 7 wickets in international cricket. Ian, who started his international career in the year 2024, played his last match for England in the year 2015.