Laxman likely to coach India on Ireland tour

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and current National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman likely to serve as India's head coach on their two-T20I tour of Ireland in late June, in absence of Rahul Dravid, who will instead be in England with the Test squad.

The 49-year old Rahul Dravid will assist in the team's preparation for the rescheduled fifth Test from the tour last year as well as the limited-overs series in England. The red-ball squad will play a four-day game in Leicester from June 24-27, before they move to Birmingham, where the lone Test against England will be played from July 1-5.

India's Test specialists are likely to leave for England on June 15 but Dravid will join the tour party after the conclusion of India's five-match T20I series against South Africa on June 19 in Bengaluru.

There will also be a clash of dates between India's T20 warm-up games in England - against Northamptonshire and Derbyshire - and the Edgbaston Test, so there is a possibility of Laxman being with the team during those games as well, an ESPNcricinfo report said on Wednesday. IANS

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