According to an ESPN Cricinfo report, the Indian selectors are preparing to select two separate teams for the series. In 2021, when Virat Kohli and his team were in England for a five-match Test series, the Indian team led by Shikhar Dhawan went to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and a T20 series.
Laxman is currently the Director of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy, Bangalore. If appointed as India’s new head coach, he will join his contemporary Dravid on the field to coach the senior team. The former coach has worked as a batting consultant with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL and Bengal in the Indian domestic circuit. Earlier this year, Laxman was the head coach of the India Under-19 team that won the World Cup in the Caribbean.
The Indian Test squad is likely to leave for the UK on June 15. The Birmingham Test was postponed last year following the outbreak of Kovid-19 in the Indian camp. The visitors are currently 2-1 up in the series, and India will be looking to win the match and claim their first series win on English soil since 2007.
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When India arrive to complete the series against England, they will witness something that has never happened in cricket before. The captain and coach on both teams are new people. The change of captain and coach of both the teams in the same series is something that has never happened before. India will be led by Rohit Sharma and coached by Rahul Dravid, while England will be led by Ben Stoke and Brendon McCullum.
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