With just a couple of days left for the much-awaited two-Test series between India and Bangladesh to begin, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli and Star player Jasprit Bumrah – We got down to work in Chennai on Monday.
Both Kohli and Bumrah are back in action after their brilliant performances in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which India lifted on June 29 in Barbados after defeating Aiden Markram-led South Africa.
Back on the court to do what they do best, both players sharpened their swords. What better way to face off?
During Monday’s practice session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Kohli tested Bumrahand the latter experimented with his variety against the stalwart Indian batsman, he reported. The sports star.
Like many great batsmen, Kohli refrained from attacking. BumrahKohli missed the pass on a delivery, which hit him on the pads. After this, Bumrah He celebrated and pointed to DRS, but Kohli gestured that the ball was missing his leg, he reported. Hindustan Times.
A six-foot-tall talent!
Meanwhile, India head coach Gautam Gambhir has deployed a talented 6-foot-1 Punjab player Gurnoor Brar as net bowler to help India prepare for Bangladesh spinner Nahid Rana. The Bangladesh spinner recently rocked Pakistan with 4/44 in the second Test in Rawalpindi.
When Brar launched, even Kohli initially faced some problems but later began to take authoritative and intentional shots at him.
However, Kohli showed no mercy to the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin and dispatched them with some heavy blows.
Along with Kohli, India’s left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal also spends some time practising in the nets.
How prepared is Bangladesh?
After beating Pakistan in the two-Test series in Rawalpindi, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto looks confident against the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team for the two-Test series.
“It will be a challenging series but we have extra confidence from the Pakistan series,” ESPNCricinfo Shanto said at a pre-departure press conference in Dhaka.
“I guess the whole country has that confidence now. Every series is an opportunity. We want to win both tests, but we have to stick to our process. If we do our job, we can get a good result,” he said.
“They are way ahead of us in the standings but we have played well recently. We want to play well for five days, that is our target. We want to get the result in the last session of the test match. At that point, the match can go either way. It is an opportunity.” [to get our first win in India]”We will play with the idea of winning, but we don’t want to think too much about the future. We want to do well for five days and play to our strengths. That’s the most important thing,” Shanto added.
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