Former Indian captain and National Cricket Academy (NCA) chief Rahul Dravid will serve as the team's coach for three ODIs and three T20 matches against Sri Lanka in July. Earlier, he worked as a batting consultant during the tour of England in 2014. According to a BCCI official, Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun and Vikram Rathour would be in England along with the Test team. In such a situation, Dravid will take over the responsibility of the coach for the tour of Sri Lanka.
The official said, "The Team India coaching staff will be in the UK and it is best that the young team is guided by Dravid as he has already worked with almost all of India 'A' boys. The comfort the youngsters share with him will be an added advantage."
The Indian team for the Sri Lanka series is likely to be selected by the end of the month. Team India will have to stay in quarantine before playing three ODIs and three T20 Internationals. The three ODIs will take place from July 13 to 19 and the T20 matches expected to take place between 22-27 July.
While the young Indian players will take on Sri Lanka in the limited-overs series, the Virat Kohli-led team will play a five-match Test series against England from 4 August. Before this, Team India will compete with New Zealand in the final of the World Test Championship in Southampton from 18 to 22 June.
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