Laxman,
along
with
the
appointment
of
former
Australia
and
England
bowling
coach
Troy
Cooley
as
the
pace
bowling
coach
of
National
Cricket
Academy,
was
finalised
during
the
Annual
General
Meeting
in
Kolkata.
“Laxman’s
contract
has
been
signed
already.
His
last
media
assignment
is
the
second
Test
between
New
Zealand
and
India.
He
will
be
joining
Bengaluru
from
December
13.
He
is
also
for
a
certain
period
be
in
the
West
Indies
for
the
the
U-19
ICC
World
Cup,”
a
senior
BCCI
office-bearer,
privy
to
the
development,
told
PTI
after
the
meeting.
He
informed
that
one
among
the
NCA
coaches
Hrishikesh
Kanitkar
or
Sitanshu
Kotak
will
don
the
head
coach’s
hat
for
the
U-19
global
event.
“We
have
also
finalised
all
the
NCA
coaching
appointments
and
it
has
been
minuted,”
he
said.
Ganguly,
Shah
invited
for
‘Mandela
Dinner’ BCCI
president
Sourav
Ganguly
and
secretary
Jay
Shah
have
been
invited
by
Cricket
South
Africa
for
the
‘Annual
Nelson
Mandela
Dinner’
scheduled
on
January
2.
However,
it
is
still
not
certain
whether
the
BCCI
bigwigs
will
travel
to
the
Rainbow
Nation
to
attend
the
prestigious
event
following
the
emergence
of
the
Omicron
variant
that
has
caused
a
spike
in
COVID-19
cases
in
the
region.
India
set
to
send
20-member
squad
plus
net
bowlers
to
South
Africa
India
will
be
sending
20
players
across
two
formats
for
the
upcoming
three
Test
and
three
ODI
series
in
South
Africa
along
with
extra
net
bowlers.
Some
among
the
20
members
will
be
those
who
are
currently
in
South
Africa
for
the
A
series.
“Most
of
them
will
come
back
after
the
third
A
Test
but
may
be
a
couple
will
be
selected
in
the
main
squad
and
a
few
who
will
be
net
bowler,” the
official
said.
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