VVS Laxman to be India’s head coach for South Africa T20Is as Gambhir heads to Australia –

VVS Laxman, current National Cricket Academy (NCA) chief, will act as India’s head coach for the upcoming tour of South Africa. With Gautam Gambhir heading to Australia to prepare for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Laxman would take control of the ship for a couple of weeks. Gambhir will leave on November 10-11 with the Indian Test team, while the South Africa T20Is will be played from November 8 to 15.

According to Cricbuzz, other NCA staff members and coaches like Sairaj Bahutule, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, and Subhadeep Ghosh would accompany Laxman to South Africa.

India’s T20I squad for South Africa series

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.