A report has revealed during the India vs England T20 series that there may be a change in the coaching staff of Team India. 2 members of the support staff can resign from their posts. After the defeat in the India vs England T20 series, it was also said in a report that there will be a discussion regarding the post of Gautam Gambhir, although his contract is till 2027.

Gautam Gambhir was appointed head coach in July 2024. Under him, India won the Champions Trophy, Asia Cup and T20 World Cup titles. Although the record in Test was not good, now after Shreyas Iyer became the captain, the situation in T20 has also become worrying. After Gambhir became the head coach, there were many changes in the coaching staff, former South African bowler Morne Morkel was also included in the coaching staff.

According to the report of Times of India, the support staff had signed a 2+1 contract with BCCI. The board and coach have the option to extend their contract for 1 more year after 2 years. According to the report, a coach is in contact with the IPL franchise and may go there, which also has teams in other leagues.

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The reason is the defeat against England and Ireland?

No, it is being said that the defeats against Ireland and England are not the reason behind this. There was talk of this change happening for the last few months. According to the report, differences started in the dressing room after India’s defeat in the Test against South Africa. There were also differences of opinion between the selectors and the coaching staff, which further complicated it.

It is being said that after England, when the team will go on Zimbabwe tour, it will go with the changed coaching staff. Questioning this, a member of the board said that Gautam Gambhir had got a long break during the IPL. The report quoted a source as saying, ‘It is beyond comprehension to send VVS Laxman to Zimbabwe. I can’t even understand the plan of sending him to the Asian Games. Perhaps the board is looking at new options.

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BCCI has hinted towards major changes in Team India. After the crushing defeat first in Ireland and then in the England T20 series, the BCCI has come into alert mode and the Indian Board has decided to review after the end of the England tour. It is believed that a review meeting will be held in the presence of BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia, in which coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shreyas Iyer will be asked the reason for the defeat.

It is being told that after the defeat against Ireland and then England, the top BCCI officials are very angry and they want to know why the world champion team had to bow down on the tour of Britain. Sources are saying that after the end of England tour, a coach associated with Team India may withdraw from the Indian team.

One member of the support staff may leave

A source has also told that a coach associated with the support staff can leave Team India and join the IPL franchise. Talking about the current staff of Team India, apart from head coach Gautam Gambhir, bowling coach Morne Morkel, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate, spin coach Sairaj Bahutule, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and fielding coach T Dilip are included.

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The grounds of England and Australia have not been good for the support staff, it becomes difficult to save the chair after losing here. After the defeat of the ODI World Cup in 2019, the then batting coach Sanjay Bangar was dismissed and then it was claimed by the sources that it was Bangar who had taken the decision to make Dhoni bat down in the semi-finals.

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BCCI will take action or just whitewash

Whereas after the 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy, batting coach Abhishek Nair was shown the way out. Now the question is whether something similar is going to happen this time also? This will be whitewashed in the name of review meeting.

The Indian cricket team had to face defeat in another series. This time India’s Under-19 team lost the Youth ODI series against Sri Lanka by 1-2. Sri Lanka gave a crushing defeat to Team India by winning by 1 wicket in the last and decisive ODI. The match was very exciting. Sri Lanka won on the last ball while having the last wicket. Even after 3 balls being dotted in the last over, 11 runs were scored.

In the match, Sri Lanka’s Under-19 team won the toss and decided to bowl. India got the invitation to bat first. The team scored 290 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. VK Vineet, who came at number three, played the biggest innings and scored 131 runs with the help of 13 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Lakshya Rajesh Raichandani played an inning of 61 runs. During this period, Sethmika Seneviratne took maximum 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won the match on the last ball in the chase

Sri Lanka won by scoring 291 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. The team needed 11 runs in the last over, which was completed by Chamika Heenathigala. He played the first ball dot. Hit a four on the second ball. After this the third and fourth balls were dotted. Hit a six on the fifth ball. Now 1 run was required on the last ball, which he easily scored and put it in the winning team’s account.

Chamika Heenatigala, who came to bat at number seven, played the biggest innings and scored unbeaten 84 runs in 68 balls. During this, 7 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Apart from this, Senuja Vekunagoda played an inning of 67 runs. During this period, Anmoljit Singh took maximum 4 wickets for India. In this way, Sri Lanka Under-19 team won the thrilling match and got its name written on the series.

India started the series with a win

The team started the series by winning by 4 wickets in the first Youth ODI. After this, Sri Lanka made a strong comeback and won the next two matches and captured the series. Now 2 unofficial tests will be played between the two teams.

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The fourth T20 match played between India and England is very special for Akshar Patel. This will be Akshar Patel’s 100th T20 match. Akshar is very excited about this match. In the video shared by BCCI, Akshar Patel said, “When I played the first T20, I did not think that I would play 100 T20 matches for the country. The England tour is very special for me.”

In the BCCI video, Axar Patel said, “When I played the first T20 match, I did not think that I would play 100 T20 matches for the country. The England tour is very special for me. In the second T20, I completed 100 wickets and the fourth T20 will be my 100th match. This is a very special day for me. I am enjoying this moment very much and feeling very good.”

Akshar further said, personal achievements are often discussed, but this achievement belongs to all those who have supported me throughout my career. Actually, as a player, when you achieve something, I feel it is not about me. I am not achieving this alone. You know, I have my teammates, my coaches, my family. So, I think everyone has played a role in my journey.”

Let us tell you that Akshar Patel will become the fifth Indian to play 100 or more T20 matches for India. Before him, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav have done this. Patel said that there has been a lot of change in me as a player since my debut. You learn with your mistakes. I would also appeal to the young players to accept their mistakes and improve on them.

32 year old Akshar Patel started his T20 career on 17 July 2015 against Zimbabwe. Till now, apart from scoring 746 runs while remaining unbeaten 19 times in 62 innings of 99 T20 matches, he has taken 101 wickets.

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Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy Injury: Before the fourth T20 against England, Team India suffered two big setbacks. Fast bowler Harshit Rana and spinner Varun Chakraborty were out of the remaining two matches of the series. The fourth match is being played on 09 July (Thursday) at the County Ground in Bristol. Before the match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave an update saying that both the players suffered hamstring injuries.

The third T20 of the series was played last Tuesday (07 July) at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in which Harshit and Varun suffered hamstring injuries. Both the players are under the supervision of the medical team.

Giving an update, the board wrote, “Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty suffered hamstring injuries in the third T20 played at Trent Bridge. The BCCI medical team has examined them and ruled them out of the fourth and fifth T20.”

Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy sustained hamstring injuries in the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge. The BCCI Medical Team has assessed them and ruled them out of the 4th and 5th T20Is.#TeamIndia | #ENGvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 9, 2026

In the fourth match, in place of both the players, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna and spin all-rounder Washington Sundar were made part of the playing 11. Captain Shreyas Iyer gave information about these changes at the time of toss.

This is the first time for the famous Krishna and Sundar in the England T20 series. Earlier, both the players were seen playing in the T20 series against Ireland.

India’s playing 11 in Bristol T20

Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

It is necessary for India to win the match to save the series

The first match of the T20 series was washed out due to rain. After this, England won the next two matches and took a 2-0 lead. Now to save the series, it will be necessary for India to win the fourth match. If England wins even today, India will lose the series. Now it will be interesting to see what the result of the match is.

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15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who went on England tour, failed with the bat in two consecutive matches. Fans were eagerly waiting for Vaibhav’s debut in Team India, but in his first match he got out after scoring only 14 runs. After this, in the third T20 played in Nottingham, Vaibhav was out after scoring only 13 runs in 5 balls. However, he definitely hit 2 attractive sixes. Let us tell you that Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been included in the team in place of Sanju Samson. In such a situation, after failing in two consecutive matches, questions are being raised whether Vaibhav’s debut was rushed. Will the team management again turn to Sanju Samson and Vaibhav will have to be out of playing.

Will Vaibhav be out of the playing eleven?

Team India has not been able to win even a single match under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. Before England, India had to lose the series 2-0 against Ireland. Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not get a chance against Ireland. At the same time, even after failing in two matches against England, there is no possibility of keeping Vaibhav out of the playing eleven. The team management seems to be in a mood to give full opportunity to Vaibhav. In such a situation, Sanju Samson may have to wait for now.

However, Sanju can be fitted in place of Tilak Verma in the middle order because Tilak is also continuously flopping. Whereas, if we talk about Vaibhav, the whole world is aware of his destructive batting. Vaibhav, who is playing for the senior team for the first time, has undoubtedly played short innings, but there has been panic among the bowlers as long as he has stayed at the crease.

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Team India lost by 125 runs in the third T20

In the third T20 against England, Team India lost by a margin of 125 runs. In the match, England scored 201 runs for 7 wickets with the half-century innings of Phil Salt. In response to this, the entire Indian team was limited to only 76 runs in 11.4 overs.

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After the crushing defeat of 125 runs in the third T20 against England and fourth consecutive T20 defeat, Indian team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir for the first time openly expressed his views on the poor performance of the team. He said that the team is currently going through a ‘reset’ phase and it is important to give time to the young players to prove themselves. After losing four consecutive T20 matches, Gautam Gambhir admitted that the team’s problem is not just poor form or lack of experience. After the big defeat against England, he told on which front the Indian team is lagging the most. According to Gambhir, the biggest weakness of the team is ‘game awareness’. He believes that from the Ireland tour to the England series, the Indian players were not able to understand the match conditions properly and had to suffer the consequences in the form of consecutive defeats.

‘The team is in a period of change, don’t judge only by results’

Gautam Gambhir said that it would not be right to compare the current Indian team with the team that won the T20 World Cup. He said that now the captain of the team has changed. The opening pair is new and experienced players like Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah are also not part of this team. He said, “When a team is reset, it has to be given time. 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi is opening. Prince Yadav is playing his second T20 and Harshit Rana has returned after injury. In such a situation, the whole picture cannot be seen on the basis of results alone.”

Where is the biggest mistake happening?

Gambhir said that the problem is more visible in the thinking and decisions of the players than in the technique. According to him, the Indian team is continuously failing to read the situations correctly during the match. He said that the batsmen and bowlers have to understand how the pitch is playing. What is the direction of the wind? Which part of the field is bigger and at what time should the risk be taken? In T20 cricket, these small things change the outcome of the match. He said, ‘Since the Ireland tour, we have not been successful in adapting ourselves to the circumstances. If we had understood the situation better, we would not have lost four consecutive matches.

Didn’t lose faith even after being all out for 76 runs

In the third T20, the Indian team was reduced to just 76 runs. Which was its biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20 international cricket. Despite this, Gautam Gambhir refused to accept this as a permanent weakness of the team. He said that earlier in both the matches, Indian batsmen had scored around 190 runs. The team is playing aggressive and high-risk cricket. That’s why sometimes such bad days are also seen. Gambhir believes that to prepare a strong team of the future, young players will have to be given consistent opportunities against big teams only. According to him, players will develop only by playing against a strong team like England. Even if one has to face some defeats during this period.

What did Gambhir say in praise of Prince Yadav?

However, the batting was a complete failure. But fast bowler Prince Yadav impressed in his second T20 match. He took two wickets and played responsibility in the death overs along with the powerplay. Gambhir said that a player should not be evaluated only by statistics. He said that it is also important to see how Prince Yadav bowled in difficult times. According to him, the future of the young fast bowler is very bright.

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now the next challenge

India is trailing 0-2 in the five-match T20 series. In such a situation, Team India will not have the challenge of just making a comeback in the next match. Rather, it will also have to be proved that Gautam Gambhir’s ‘Reset Plan’ can take the future as well as the current team to the path of victory.

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After not performing as per expectations in three consecutive matches, a new discussion has started regarding a major decision of Team India. Now a report has given a different direction to the entire matter on which questions were being raised continuously for the last few days.

When the team’s playing eleven was announced in the second T20 match against England, many people expected that Sanju Samson would play, but it did not happen. In his place, young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a chance to debut. After this, the team management and head coach Gautam Gambhir were criticized a lot on social media. Many people believed that Samson has been dropped after poor performance.

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Now TV-9 has claimed in a report quoting Cricbuzz that after scoring single digit scores in three consecutive matches, Sanju Samson himself had expressed his desire to sit out of the second T20. For this reason Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a chance to debut. However, this claim has not been officially confirmed by the Indian Cricket Board.

The report also says that there is no lack of trust between the team management and Sanju Samson. The team considers him an important part of its future plans. Especially his role is being considered important in the preparations for T20 World Cup 2028.

However, the real controversy is more about the team for the Zimbabwe tour than the second T20 of the England tour. Sanju Samson’s name was not included in the recently announced Indian T20 team against Zimbabwe. Prabhasimran Singh was given a chance in his place. After this, questions started being raised whether Samson is now out of Team India’s plans.

Some reports quoting sources associated with the team said that Samson has been given rest. On the other hand, some news claimed that the selectors are now showing more confidence in other options. At present no official statement has come out on these claims either.

Sanju Samson has been a part of the Indian team for a long time and has shown his ability to win matches with his batting on many occasions. In such a situation, only the upcoming series and future team announcements will make it clear what his role is going to be.

At present, all that can be said is that the story regarding being left out of the second T20 was coming out till now. The new report has raised a big question on that. The final truth will come out only when the team management or Sanju Samson himself openly expresses his views on this entire matter.

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Sanju Samson: After Sanju Samson’s name was not included in the Indian team for the T20 series against Zimbabwe, the discussion intensified whether he has been dropped. However, now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has clarified the position on this. According to the board, Sanju has not been dropped from the team, rather he has been rested keeping in mind the busy international schedule and Asian Games.

BCCI explained the reason for absence

The 15-member Indian team was announced on Monday (July 6) for the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Prabhasimran Singh, Abhishek Sharma and 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a place as opening batsmen in the team, but Sanju Samson’s name was not included. After this, questions started being raised on the decision of the selectors. A senior BCCI source told news agency PTI that the chances of Sanju Samson getting a chance in the playing eleven on the Zimbabwe tour were very less. In such a situation, instead of sending him with the team, it was decided to give him rest and give opportunities to the young players.

Sanju will play in Asian Games

The source said, ‘Why is Sanju so surprised at being rested for the Zimbabwe tour? Those who are questioning this decision should know that Sanju is part of the Indian team for the Asian Games to be held in September. When he was not going to get a chance to play on the Zimbabwe tour, there was no point in taking him with the team. He is a senior player.

Questions were also raised on recent performance

The discussion about Sanju Samson being out of the team also intensified because his performance in the recent matches was not as expected. He scored 0 and 5 on the Ireland tour. After this, he was out after scoring just 1 run in the first T20 against England. After three consecutive bad innings, he was dropped from the playing eleven in the second T20 and Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a chance to debut in his place.

Was a hero in the World Cup

However, before the recent poor form, Sanju Samson had performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2026. He played a big role in making India the champion by playing important innings of 97, 89 and 89 not out in the knockout matches. For this performance he was chosen ‘Player of the Tournament’.

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After this, in IPL 2026 also, Sanju scored 477 runs in 14 matches. However, his bat remained calm in the initial matches against Ireland and England. Now BCCI has made it clear that the reason for his absence from the Zimbabwe tour is not because of his poor form, but because of the rest given to him and his future plans.

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BCCI has made major changes in Team India for the three-match ODI series against England. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will also be seen playing against England. Nitish Kumar Reddy will not be playing in this series, who is out of Team India due to injury. BCCI has declared Shivam Dubey as the replacement of Nitish Reddy. Nitish was injured in the ODI series against Afghanistan, after which he could not even play in the series against England.

Nitish Kumar Reddy was injured in the third ODI match against Afghanistan. He also faced fitness related problems in the first ODI match played in Dharamshala, after which he could not play in the second ODI against Afghanistan. After that he was also dropped from the series against Ireland and England.

Shivam Dubey returns after 2 years

Shivam Dubey has returned to the ODI team after almost 2 years. Shivam Dubey has been a regular part of the T20 team, but played his last ODI against Sri Lanka in August 2024. Now after two years, he may get an opportunity to play an ODI match for Team India.

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Indian squad for ODI series against England: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Varun Chakraborty, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh.

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