IND vs SA: Kamlesh Jain Joins As The Physio Of The Indian Cricket Team Ahead Of The South Africa Series
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed the appointment of Kamlesh Jain as the physio of the Indian men’s national team under the staff of head coach, Rahul Dravid.
Kamlesh has a sparkling resume including working for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for nearly 10 years (3 years as the head physio). He will be replacing Nitin Patel, who was sent to the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
He was part of the Indian team’s practice session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Monday. The preparations are rife for the team’s 5-match T20I series against South Africa under KL Rahul’s leadership.
The series begins on June 9 in Delhi followed by matches in Cuttack (June 12), Vizag (June 14), Rajkot (June 17), and completing the tour on June 19 in Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Meanwhile, the team will be without senior pros, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, as the duo has been rested after a gruelling IPL 2022 season. Rahul will be leading in Rohit’s stead and Rishabh Pant has been named as the vice-captain.
Hardik Pandya has returned to the squad after being dropped due to poor performances and injury issues and he is likely to be the center of attention, especially after doing well in the IPL for the Gujarat Titans.
Also receiving their maiden call ups are Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh, both of whom were highly impressive for their respective franchises.
India T20I squad:
KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(vc) (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
IND vs SA T20I Schedule
1st T20I- June, 9 – Delhi
2nd T20- June 12 – Cuttack
3rd T20I- June 14 – Visakhapatnam
4th T20I- June 17 – Rajkot
5th T20I- June 19-Bengaluru
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