The Virat Kohl-led Indian team will be flying to the United Kingdom where they will play the final of the inaugural World Test Championship against New Zealand which will be followed by a five-match Test series against England.
While the side will be in England battling out in the Tests, another Indian team is slated to travel to Sri Lanka for limited-overs fixtures. Head coach Ravi Shastri during the press conference has said that playing with two different squads in two different locations would become a regular norm in the coming years.
“Playing with two squads in different locations regularly is a possibility in the long run,” Shastri said in the pre-departure press conference.
"Well you never know. At the moment it's happening because of the current situation and restrictions on travel and things of that sort. But you never know. In the future if you want to expand the game, especially in the shorter of formats, then it could be the way to go,” said Shastri.
"You know, why not, when you have that much volume of cricketers and if you want to spread the T20 game, across the globe, then that could be the way ahead because if you're talking of Olympics in four years or eight years' time, you need more countries to play the game. So that could be a way forward," he added.
Captain Virat Kohli has said that it’s difficult for the players to stay motivated and find the right kind of mental space in the current situation so having different teams on different tours can be an option.
"With the current structure and the kind of structure that you're competing inside for a long period of time, it's very difficult for the players to stay motivated and find the right kind of mental space," said Kohli.
India will lock horns with New Zealand in the WTC final in Southampton from June 18.