Virat Kohli rolling his arm over, Ravindra Jadeja bowling right-arm off-spin, Kuldeep bowling with the right hand, Jasprit Bumrah trying hands at left-arm off-spin – these were the scenes at India’s training session at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Thursday evening. The undefeated Indian team gears up to take on a battered and bruised England on Sunday. The team has arrived in Lucknow after spending some off time in Dharamsala, where they defeated New Zealand to register their 5th consecutive win in the ongoing World Cup 2023.
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As the Indian players arrived at Ekana Stadium, almost all of them had some bowling practice in the nets. Apart from the aforementioned players, the likes of Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav doing some spin bowling. Meanwhile, Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Shami and Ashwin did their regular practice.
With so many bowlers in the queue, it became a fun session overall. The video of the same was posted on the Instagram handle of the BCCI.
“Everybody wanted to be a bowler at training yesterday. Everyone trying their ‘Luck’now isn’t it,” the caption of the video read.
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Hardik Pandya yet to recover
India vice-captain Hardik Pandya won’t be available for the game against England in Lucknow on Sunday. According to The Times of India, Pandya is suspected to have a Grade 1 ligament tear in his ankle which he picked up while trying to field off his bowling. His injury is being monitored by Nitin Patel at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru which seems more serious than it was initially perceived.
Earlier on Tuesday, Cricketnext were the first to report that Pandya is set to miss the game against England in Lucknow. However, it was told that there was nothing serious with the all-rounder’s condition.
“Yes, Hardik is likely to miss the next match vs England in Lucknow. It is more of a precaution at this stage and nothing serious,” a BCCI official told CricketNext.
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