July 17, 2025 05:41 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Air India finds 'no issues' with fuel control switch on Boeing 787-8 planes after precautionary checks | Anchor runs mid-telecast as Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's state TV building | Rare oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi sells for an astounding Rs 1.7 crore | Brother of Yemeni man killed by Nimisha Priya opposes pardon of Kerala nurse | Can't win today's warfare with outdated weapons: CDS General Anil Chauhan seeks upgradation of India's defence system | Shubhanshu Shukla returns to Earth after his 18-day mission to space | India's Got Latent host Samay Raina, other influencers appear in SC over remarks mocking disabled | Drunk teenager who rammed Porsche into two-wheeler leaving two dead won't be tried as an adult | Jaishankar calls on China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing | Jaishankar calls on China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing
India-England
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman. Photo: VVS Laxman/Instagram

VVS Laxman to oversee India's preparation for Test series against England in Gambhir's absence

| @indiablooms | Jun 15, 2025, at 04:41 pm

Cricket icon VVS Laxman will oversee the Indian team's preparation for the first Test against England in the absence of head coach Gautam Gambhir, media reports said.

According to media reports, Gambhir left for India just ahead of the start of the first Test to tend to his mother's ill health.

Laxman, who heads the National Cricket Academy (NCA), is already in London ahead of India Under-19s’ month-long tour of the United Kingdom, reported RevSportz.

Apart from serving the academy, Laxman also acts as the coach of the Under-19 and A teams

In Gambhir’s absence, he also guided a second-string India team in a T20 series in South Africa late last year, the news portal reported.

It is still not clear when Gambhir will join the Indian squad.India will take on England in the five-match Test series under new captain Shubman Gill.

The team will be heavily dependent on young batters like Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant in absence of stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who retired from Tests ahead of the England series.

The series will begin in Leeds on June 20.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.