Gautam Gambhir, the newly appointed head coach of the Indian national team addressed the pre-match press conference ahead of the series against Sri Lanka. India will play three T20Is and three ODIs against Sri Lanka from July 26-August 7. The team will leave for Sri Lanka on Monday, July 22.
Before leaving for the island nation, Gautam Gambhir along with Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar addressed the press conference and spoke about a lot of things about Indian cricket and the series overall.
If reports are to be believed, Gautam Gambhir was kept in the loop when India’s T20I and ODI squads were named for this tour. Gambhir had a big role to play in Suryakumar Yadav’a’s appointment as the T20I skipper. He also had a big role to play in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli agreeing to play the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
“Going forward these things happen. Can’t say right now that there are going to be 3 different teams. T20 will be in transition with world-class players retiring. The more players that can play both all formats the better,” says Gambhir.
“On the same page, if you have got players who can play all formats then great,” says Agarkar.
