NEW DELHI: Ravi Shastri will lead India on their tour of Bangladesh later this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday, as deliberations continue over a permanent replacement for Duncan Fletcher.

The 53-year-old former Test captain will be supported by assistant coaches Sanjay Bangar (batting), Bharat Arun (bowling) and Ramakrishnan Sridhar (fielding) for the three One-Day Internationals and one Test match.

All three retain the roles they held under Zimbabwean Fletcher, whose term as coach came to an end at the end of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year.

Shastri will travel to Bangladesh as “Director of the Indian cricket team”, a title he also held for the tour of Australia around the New Year, which culminated in a semi-final defeat in the World Cup.

Another former Test skipper, Sourav Ganguly, was among three former India greats appointed to a new BCCI advisory committee on Monday along with Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

After the Bangladesh trip, India travel to Africa to play three One-Day Internationals against Zimbabwe in July.