After the Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team will be 3 months away from international cricket. Team India players will be seen playing in IPL 2025. At the same time, head coach Gautam Gambhir is not in the mood to rest during this time. He can accompany India A team on England tour. This will be held during the 5 -match Test series of the Indian team in June during June. Test series will be played between India and England from 20 June.
At the same time, according to the Times of India report, Gambhir is working on the roadmap of all formats for the next two years. The phase will also include the World Test Championship and the 2026 T20 World Cup. Do not want to mix serious format. The ODI and T20 team will be different. Except some senior players, hardly anyone played in both formats. IPL 2025 will be important in view of T20 World Cup 2026.
The BCCI has not placed a coach for A teams, so it will be interesting to see if England will do as a serious observer or BCCI will give this role to VVS Laxman. After taking the role of the head coach of Rahul Dravid’s senior team, the board rotated coaches from the NCA pools for India A and Under-19 assignments. This will be the first time that the senior team will go on a tour with Coach India A team.
Why do Gautam Gambhir want to go with India A?
TOI has quoted sources as saying that Gambhir is working on the roadmap for all formats for the next two years i.e. 2027 World Cup. The World Test Championship and 2026 T20 World Cup are also to be held during this period. A BCCI source said that Gambhir has discussed with BCCI since returning from Australia. He has expressed his desire to visit with India A team to get clear information about the reserve pool. The source said that some players were selected on Gambhir and India has won the Champions Trophy, so they can be expected to put more emphasis in future.
At the same time, Gambhir has made it clear that the T20 team is performing excellently because there is clarity on how the players to adopt this format. Except for some top players, very few players will be seen playing in both formats. The next year is the host of the next T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka. In this context, this IPL becomes very important because Gambhir is a strong supporter of recent form.