BCCI to hold review meeting following India's recent cricket performance

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has called a review meeting with head coach Gautam Gambhir, chief selector Ajit Agarkar and Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman at its Mumbai headquarters on Thursday to assess India's recent performances and discuss the team's roadmap going forward. There is also a possibility that India's T20 captain Shreyas Iyer and ODI and Test captain Shubman Gill will attend the meeting. The review was originally planned after India's defeats in Ireland and England, but was postponed because of the team's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia will attend the meeting along with BCCI president Mithun Manhas.

England, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka tours under review

The reigning T20 World Cup champions lost the two-match T20I series in Ireland 2-0 in June. The poor run continued in England, where India lost the five-match T20I series 4-0. The 125-run defeat in Nottingham was the team's biggest loss of the series. Under Shubman Gill's captaincy, India also lost the ODI series in England 2-1. A source said the review will not be limited to those tours.

“Not just the tours of the UK, the tours of Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will be reviewed as well,” a source said. The meeting is also expected to focus on player injury management ahead of India's upcoming Test assignments. India will travel to New Zealand in November for a two-Test series, and the BCCI wants to review the growing number of injury concerns in the squad. After the third ODI against England at Lord's, Gill had expressed frustration over frequent injuries affecting the team during overseas tours. Jasprit Bumrah missed the Sri Lanka tour after aggravating his left knee injury. Even for India's T20I series against Afghanistan, announced on Tuesday, the availability of four players is still uncertain. Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy and Harshit Rana are scheduled to undergo fitness tests at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on September 9.