The Indian cricket workforce will play a three-day warm-up match towards County XI at Emirates Riverside from Tuesday. Under the watchful eye of fielding coach R Sridhar, he turned his consideration to fielding follow.
“Today’s session started with team practice and team competitions. This will activate the team. We started with catching, direct hits and accurate throws at the bowler’s end, getting them going. Direct hits are very important, even if it is Test cricket,” defined Sridhar in a video shared by BCCI.
“Then we moved to a sport, under-arm throwing – a very underestimated part of cricket. It involved speed and agility and changing direction for the boys,” he mentioned.
“We had two teams, one consisting of Virat, Rohit and others. The other team was handled by Ashwin and Pujara,” he mentioned.
“Ultimately, Virat’s team took the competition with a 10-8 lead. However, Pooji and Ashwin were convinced that they won,” he joked.
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fielding followa run-through #teamindiaKey Fun Drill, Courtesy Fielding Coach @coach_rsridhar earlier than their follow session – by @RajalArora #Engwind pic.twitter.com/NXZ4LI0aPR
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 19, 2021
Earlier, Kohli, Pujara and KL Rahul additionally hit the nets as they tried to deal with the shifting ball.
The BCCI additionally shared footage of the workforce’s bowlers together with pacers Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had been seen working onerous forward of their follow match.
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snapshot from #teamindiaNet session right here at Durham County Cricket Club.#teamindia pic.twitter.com/Z26R0FrSpx
— BCCI (@BCCI) 17 July 2021
Earlier this week, explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and the workforce’s throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani examined optimistic for COVID-19.
Bowling coach Bharat Arun, reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and India standby opener Abhimanyu Easwaran are the three members of the Indian squad within the UK who’ve been put in isolation.
All three have examined destructive for the virus, however must comply with UK authorities well being security protocols and stay in isolation.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
