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Immediately after the celebration of the historic title win of the T20 World Cup, the Indian cricket team is ready for its next mission. Team India has flown to Zimbabwe to play an exciting five-match T20 International series. But the most shocking news of this tour is that the newly appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir has not left with the team this time. In Gambhir’s absence, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suddenly handed over the post of head coach for this tour to a former veteran player, who will guide this team adorned with young players.
Know why Gautam Gambhir did not go to Zimbabwe and who got the responsibility
Indian cricket fans were speculating that when Rahul Dravid’s tenure ends after the T20 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir will start his tenure with the Zimbabwe tour. However, BCCI has sent veteran batsman and National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman with this young team as interim head coach. The main reason for Gautam Gambhir not going on this tour is that the paperwork related to his contract and support staff is being finalized, and he will join Team India full-time for the upcoming limited overs series against Sri Lanka.
Youth brigade will show its strength under the captaincy of Shubman Gill
Senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested for this series against Zimbabwe, while Rohit and Kohli have already announced their retirement from T20 Internationals. In such a situation, the Indian selectors have handed over the captaincy of the team to star batsman Shubman Gill for this tour. Young faces like Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag and Tushar Deshpande, who made a splash in the IPL, have been included in the team. Under the supervision of VVS Laxman, this will be a great golden opportunity for these young stars to prove themselves at the international level.
The first match of the series will be played in Harare
The first match of this five-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe will be played at Harare Sports Club. This is the first international tour of the Indian team after becoming the world champion, due to which the eyes of cricket lovers around the world are fixed on this series. VVS Laxman’s strategy and Shubman Gill’s captaincy will be tested on the Zimbabwean pitches. Cricket analysts believe that Laxman’s calm nature and his coaching experience will prove to be very helpful for this young Indian brigade to adapt to the conditions in Zimbabwe and win the series.