The Indian crew accomplished one other sequence triumph after successful the sequence finale towards Zimbabwe in Harare on Monday, twenty second August. However the Males in Blues have suffered an enormous blow forward of the upcoming Asia Cup in UAE as the newest experiences recommend that the Indian head coach Rahul Dravid is unlikely to be a part of the Indian crew after testing optimistic for Covid-19.
Rahul Dravid was not a part of the Indian setup on the tour of Zimbabwe as VVS Laksman was named the stand-in head coach for the three-match ODI sequence within the African nation, and after the information broke about Dravid’s optimistic Covid outcome, Laksman will seemingly proceed together with his position within the Asia Cup.
Notably, India are already with out the providers of ace bowling pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel, who have been dominated out of the event because of unlucky accidents. Dravid’s omission will imply that the Indian crew will head into the continental event with out a few of their most influential personnel within the crew.
Though KL Rahul made his return to the facet after recovering from the virus himself, he hasn’t appeared like himself and was sluggish in his innings within the third ODI towards Zimbabwe. He’ll almost certainly open the innings for the Indian crew with the returning skipper Rohit Sharma.
VVS Laxman will seemingly proceed his teaching stint with the senior crew heading into the Asia Cup
The previous Indian head coach’s omission shall be a trigger for concern for the crew administration as he has been fairly influential in his position of conserving issues calm and sustaining a wholesome surroundings within the dressing room amidst cut-throat competitors for locations within the nationwide crew.
However the Indian crew has performed effectively below the tutelage of interim coach VVS Laxman, who guided a comparatively younger Indian crew to a powerful clear sweep within the three-match ODI sequence towards hosts Zimbabwe. The present Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) chief was additionally accountable for the nationwide crew on their tour of Eire this yr and can look to increase his successful run with the crew within the Asia Cup opener towards arch-rivals Pakistan on the twenty eighth of August.
