IND vs SA T20I: The Indian team will tour South Africa in November under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav. On this tour, Team India will play a 4-match T20 series which will start from November 8. Coach Gautam Gambhir will not be able to go with the team on this tour. This is the reason why VVS Laxman has been given this responsibility for the South Africa tour. The question arises as to why Team India's permanent head coach Gautam Gambhir will not go with the team.

Actually, the Test series against New Zealand will end on November 5 and the first T20 match is to be played 3 days later. Not only this, Rohit's army will leave for Australia on November 10 for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The second T20 match between India and South Africa is also on the same day. Gambhir has to go to Australia with the Test team. This is the reason why he will not be available for the T20 series.

Test cricket is always a priority for every team, so Gambhir and his coaching staff will focus on the Australia tour. The five-match Test series will begin on November 22.

Before the Test series against Australia, the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma will play a practice match against Ruturaj Gaikwad's India A team in Perth. Gambhir and other coaches will pay close attention to this match because India's playing XI can be decided based on the performance of the players in this match.

Talking about Laxman, he first played the role of stand-in coaching during the Ireland tour in 2022. At that time Rahul Dravid and his coaching staff were in England for the only Test match against England.