Indian coach Gautam Gambhir. (FILE photo)India cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir will fly back home from Australia on Tuesday because of ‘personal reasons’ but will rejoin the team before the start of the second Test, a pink-ball game, which begins in Adelaide from December 6. Gautam Gambhir will join the team on December 3.
“Gambhir has informed us that he will be travelling back home and will join the team before the start of the second Test. He has cited personal reasons and the BCCI has accepted his request,” a BCCI source told The Indian Express on Monday.
Gautam Gambhir will join the team on December 3.
The Indian team will travel to Canberra on Wednesday to play a two-day pink-ball tour game, which is scheduled to start from Saturday.
In absence of Gambhir, the Indian team’s support staff comprising assistant coaches Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate, bowling coach Morne Morkel and fielding coach T Dilip will oversee training sessions in consultation with captain Rohit Sharma, who arrived in Australia on Sunday.
Sharma, who missed the first Test after the birth of his second child, was seen having a practice session in Perth on Monday.
“And just during the lunch break here at the nets, we’ve got captain of India Rohit Sharma, who’s just arrived in the country,” said former Australian opener and Fox commentator David Warner.
“He is looking nice and sharp against his fellow countrymen here in the nets. We’ve got a few of the Indian fast bowlers bowling towards the captain ahead of the pink ball Test match starting the 6th of December in Adelaide. As we just see there Mukesh Kumar sending down a nice delivery. But it’s great to see the captain here and we’re looking forward to seeing him back out on the park here on Australian soil,” Warner said on Fox Cricket.
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