The Indian cricket team is all set to face Ireland in the two-match T20I series against starting on Wednesday at the picturesque The Village stadium at Malahide in Dublin. India and Ireland have met only once before in the shortest format of the game, that too nine years ago.
There is no doubt about the fact that the visitors will be the hot favorites in both the games but Virat Kohli and his men are not taking their opponents lightly. Playing well in the United Kingdom often boils down to acclimatizing well to the conditions and the Indian batsmen have hit the training ground early.
In a short video posted on BCCI’s official Twitter handle, the Indian batsmen practicing some shots in the nets in London. The message along with the post read, “An intense training session for #TeamIndia ahead of the two T20Is against Ireland.”
Training ✅
An intense training session for #TeamIndia ahead of the two T20Is against Ireland.#IREvIND pic.twitter.com/sRqE0F1P26
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 26, 2018
The video comprises of the players like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and KL Rahul who were seen facing the Indian bowlers. With five T20Is coming up over the next few days, the batsmen are seen getting into ball striking mode with the CSK duo of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina playing aerial shots as well.
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Dhoni had turned the clock back and returned to his free-hitting mode in the recently concluded season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and this video once again gives the indication that the former India skipper could look to be aggressive in international T20s as well. Raina too has had a high strike-rate since his return to T20 Internationals.
India’s next assignment will be against the rampaging England side after their two-match series against the Irish and the batsmen will look to get runs under their belt to boost their confidence ahead of tougher challenges.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli required 17 more runs to complete 2000 runs in international T20s, behind the New Zealand duo of Martin Guptill and the now-retired Brendon McCullum. He will be the fastest to surpass the milestone.
