“I will bat for five hours today,” Rishabh Pant joked as he hit the nets forward of India’s T20 World Cup Super 12 match in opposition to South Africa in Perth on Sunday.
A need got here amid the standard requests for selfies in a web session outdoors Optus Stadium. ,Bhai opening kar lo India ke kismat badal jayegi,Calls Pant a fan.
The 25-year-old has not performed a single ball on this T20 World Cup. But that was not sufficient motive for them to shine their batting contact on Saturday. Pant, together with Dinesh Karthik, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Hooda, have been the one Indian batsmen to face guard within the non-obligatory coaching session.
Rishabh Pant padding earlier than hitting the nets, Mohammad Siraj on the left facet stretches forward of the bowling session.
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With two wins in two matches, Group 2 toppers started their preparations for the large competitors in Group 2, arriving within the metropolis of Western Australia from Sydney on Friday after their win over the Netherlands on Thursday.
South Africa, who thrashed Bangladesh by a complete 104 runs on Thursday, grabbed the web first as a darkish cloud turned over Optus.
The South African crew practices on the eve of their recreation in opposition to India in Perth.
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With his main run scorer within the World Cup, Virat Kohli, sitting in entrance of the crew bus like Sachin Tendulkar as soon as used to, the boys in blue arrived on the venue for an non-obligatory coaching session on Saturday afternoon.
Dinesh Karthik was the primary participant to hit the nets together with India’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey, whereas the captain-coach duo of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid arrived collectively. He will maintain intimate talks with the web bowlers earlier than specializing in the 15-man Indian crew.
Named because the finisher in India’s XI, Karthik additionally had an elaborate protecting session that concerned fielding coach T Dileep feeding him brief throws down the ramp with a towel within the center to launch the ball.
Dinesh Karthik did a wicket protecting drill. It known as a blind drill, the place the fielding coach of the Indian crew T Dileep offers them throw downs with a towel in between.
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The wicketkeeper seemed a bit scared happening, holding his finger in ache after the catch try, but it surely was not a critical blow as Karthik continued his session with extra catches afterwards.
India’s web session was briefly halted as a result of drizzle. After two essential Group 1 bouts on the MCG on Friday have been washed out, Sunday’s forecast in Perth will come as a aid with solely a 20 per cent likelihood of rain.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
