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Xtra Time: Former Indian skipper and current head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Rahul Dravid, will coach the Indian limited-overs team that will be playing games against Sri Lanka in July. This will be his second stint with the Indian team after previously having worked with the boys as batting consultant during the England tour in 2014. Before taking over as the head of NCA in 2019, Dravid had worked closely with the current crop of youngsters in the Indian team at the U-19 level as well as in the India ‘A’ team.

Speaking to ANI, a source in the know of these developments confirmed that NCA head Dravid would be leading team India, as the the trio of Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun and Vikram Rathour will be going to England with the test team. “The Team India coaching staff will be in the UK and it is best that the young team is guided by Dravid as he has already worked with almost all of the India ‘A’ boys. The comfort the youngsters share with him will be an added advantage,” the official said.