Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed former captain Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri as director of cricket for the one-day international series against England which is scheduled to begin on August 25.
BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said this in a statement on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The statement confirmed that Duncan Fletcher will remain as head coach, but Shastri who played 80 tests and 150 one-dayers matches between 1981 and 1992, has been placed "overall in-charge of cricket affairs of the Indian team."
BCCI has also given a break to the bowling coach Joe Dawes and the fielding coach, Trevor Penney for upcoming one day series and appointed Sanjay Bangar, former Indian all rounder and former India fast bowler Bharat Arun as the assistant coaches of the team, it stated.
It also said: “R Sridhar will join the support team as the fielding coach for the one day series."
India won the second test at Lord's to go 1-0 up in the five-match series before losing the next three matches heavily, including a humiliating innings and 244 runs defeat within three days at The Oval in the final outing.