India squads for England ODI series and Champions Trophy LIVE Updates: The BCCI has reportedly added Sitanshu Kotak as batting coach for the upcoming T20 and ODI series at home against England. Sitanshu Kotak will be joining Team India camp in Kolkata on 18 January before the England series that starts in Kolkata on 22 January.

BCCI announced the appointment of Sitanshu Kotak as the new batting coach for Team India ahead of the limited-overs series against England and the upcoming Champions Trophy next month. This move comes after a thorough review of the performance of the Indian team,

Having played a pivotal anchor role during India’s campaign at the 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup, Shreyas Iyer is keen to take the responsibility in the middle order for the upcoming tournament.

The 52-year-old Sitanshu Kotak is a longtime staff of the National Cricket Academy as its batting coach. He has been on tours with both the senior and A teams during the past few years

The Indian team’s abysmal batting performances in the past few months that led to a historic 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand at home before surrendering the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade,

India has been under fire following consecutive series defeats: a 0-3 loss to New Zealand at home and a 1-3 drubbing in Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Both losses highlighted glaring issues with India's batting lineup.

BCCI has asked Sitanshu Kotak to join India squad as their batting coach. Sitanshu will join the India squad from the T20I series against England

The India batters have experienced a tough time with the bat in the last few series which were played both at home and away as well. This has led to the coaching staff getting a lot of backlash after the performances in red-ball cricket in Australia and a whitewash against New Zealand in particular.