VVS Laxman will take charge of the side in the absence of regular head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir is expected to stay back in India to oversee the ODI squad
VVS Laxman appointed as new head coach of team India: Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has been appointed as the new head coach of Team India. He will head the team for the Zimbabwe T20I series and the 2026 Asian Games.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) has given a major responsibility to the legendary VVS Laxman. The decision has been taken in a BCCI review meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. VVS Laxman will take charge of the side in the absence of regular head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir is expected to stay back in India to oversee the ODI squad during the three-match home series against the West Indies, which starts on September 27. Men’s cricket competition is scheduled between September 24 and October 3, 2026. A total of 10 teams will compete in the tournament.
Indian Men’s Cricket Team at Asian Games 2026: Shreyas Iyer(Captain), Tilak Varma(Vice-Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
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