Dinesh Karthik joins England team for India tour, gets this big responsibility

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England cricket team is going to tour India this month. A 5-match test series is to be played between the two teams. Before this, England Lions team will play three four-day matches against India A. These matches will be played in Ahmedabad. The coaching staff of England Lions has been announced for this series. Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik has also been included in this.

Dinesh Karthik joins England team

England men’s elite pace bowling coach Neil Killeen will be the head coach of the England Lions team on this tour. At the same time, India’s international wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been included in the coaching staff. He will join the team as a batting consultant. Dinesh Karthik will be with the team for around nine days before the start of the tour.

England Lions coaching team

Neil Killen – Head Coach
Richard Dawson – Assistant Coach (10 – 19 January)
Carl Hopkinson – assistant coach
Ian Bell – batting consultant (from 18 January)
Dinesh Karthik – Batting Consultant (10 – 18 January)
Graeme Swann – Mentor

England Lions team squad

Josh Bohannon (Lancashire – captain), Casey Aldridge (Somerset), Brydon Carse (Durham), Jack Carson (Sussex), James Coles (Sussex), Matt Fisher (Yorkshire), Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), Tom Laws (Surrey), Alex Lees (Durham), Dan Mousley (Warwickshire), Callum Parkinson (Durham), Matt Potts (Durham), Ollie Price (Gloucestershire), James Reeve (Somerset), Ollie Robinson (Durham).

England Lions vs India A Series Schedule