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Dinesh Karthik will join the coaching staff of England Lions and will be the batting consultant for

Published - 11-JAN-2024 7:35 IST | Updated - 15-APR-2024 5:3 IST

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Dinesh Karthik will join the coaching staff of England Lions and will be the batting consultant for the India tour

Former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik will join the England A (England Lions) squad for the Indian tour. He will join the team for 9 days and assist in the England Lions preparations.

Karthik will join as a batting consultant. They will help in advising on Indian conditions. The England Lions team will play a tour match and a three-Test series against India A. All the matches of the series will be held in Ahmedabad.

Karthik was replaced by Ian Bell

Dinesh Karthik will join the team for 9 days (January 10-January 18). After this, the team's regular coach Ian Bell will return to the team. Bell will join the team on January 18 after completing his stint as assistant coach with Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League.

Graeme Swann will be the mentor of the team

The England Lions will be joined by head coach coach Neil Killeen, assistants Richard Dawson and Carl Hopkinson as well as former England spinner Graeme Swann as a mentor to the team.

Captaincy to Josh Bohannon

Lancashire's Josh Bohannon will captain the 15-man squad, which was named before Christmas. It includes several recent England Test caps including Alex Lees, Matt Potts and Matt Fisher. The team also includes emerging players like Somerset's James Reeve along with Gloucestershire's Olly Price.

England Lions squad: Josh Bohannon (captain), Casey Aldridge, Brydon Carse, Jack Carson, James Coles, Matt Fisher, Keaton Jennings, Tom Laws, Alex Lees, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Matt Potts, Ollie Price, James Reeve, Ollie Robinson.

India A team: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), B Sai Sudarshan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Manav Suthar, Pulkit Narang, Navdeep Saini, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kawerappa, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper). and Akash Deep.

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