Sitanshu Kotak to take charge as India's head coach in Ireland T20Is
Sitanshu Kotak
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India A head coach and National Cricket Academy (NCA) batting coach Sitanshu Kotak will lead India as the head coach for the three T20Is against Ireland later this month.
Former Saurashtra batter Kotak has been head coach of India A for a couple of years. He has been an integral part of the NCA coaching set-up and will be leading the support staff in the three T20Is.
NCA head VVS Laxman was likely to accompany the team but will now stay back to oversee the Emerging camp underway in Bengaluru.
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India national team head coach Rahul Dravid and his staff including batting coach Vikram Rathour and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey have been rested from the Ireland T20Is for the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup.
Many regular faces like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma has been given rest as a result, Jasprit Bumrah was named the captain of the side for the T20Is against Ireland.
Squad for Ireland T20Is:
Jasprit Bumrah (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
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