Batting famous person Virat Kohli spent about 45 minutes within the nets and tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah bowled full tilt because the Indian cricket staff on Friday (September 13, 2024) started its preparations for a two-Check collection in opposition to Bangladesh.
With the primary Check in opposition to Bangladesh scheduled in Chennai from September 19, the complete squad, together with skipper Rohit Sharma and Kohli, assembled on the MA Chidambaram Stadium for a closed door coaching session.
This is able to be the primary dwelling task for brand spanking new head coach Gautam Gambhir. New bowling coach, South African nice Morne Morkel, and assistant coach Abhishek Nayar had been additionally in attendance.
The BCCI posted photos of the primary day of apply and wrote, “The countdown begins as Workforce India start their preps for an thrilling dwelling season.” The pictures confirmed the complete squad listening attentively to Gambhir, his help employees and skipper Rohit.
“Virat was there for 45 minutes and Bumrah additionally bowled full throttle,” a neighborhood supply advised PTI Virat has flown in instantly from London for the opening Check.
Sporting a yellow jersey, Rohit was seen rising from the airport escorted by safety personnel, in a PTI Video on Thursday evening, whereas Kohli got here from London in an early-morning flight.
The likes of Bumrah, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had reached the town on Thursday. Batter Sarfaraz Khan will be part of the squad after the Duleep Trophy sport in Anantapur, the place he’s taking part in for India B proper now.
The gamers are returning to the sector after a much-needed break of greater than a month and would look to place behind the frustration of dropping the ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka in August, which was Gambhir’s first task as head coach after taking on Rahul Dravid.
It will be fascinating to see how Rohit’s facet approaches the sport in opposition to a Bangladesh facet, which is on a excessive following its 2-0 Check collection win over Pakistan lately.
Important World Check Championship (WTC) factors are at stake within the two-match collection as India prepare for a a gruelling 10-match Check season, which additionally features a three-Check collection at dwelling in opposition to New Zealand and the five-match Border-Gavaskar collection later this yr in Australia.
India are at present heading the desk with 68.52 proportion factors, whereas Australia are a detailed second with 62.50 proportion factors.
Bangladesh have jumped to fourth spot with 45.83 proportion factors following their 10-wicket win over Pakistan within the opening Check and their superb fightback within the second Check the place wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das scored a century to singlehandedly information the facet to a collection triumph.
The second Check of the India-Bangladesh collection will likely be performed in Kanpur from September 27.
Printed – September 13, 2024 02:26 pm IST
