On Friday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared pictures of Indian players on Twitter undergoing their first practice session in Sri Lanka during their first training session ahead of the limited-overs series’ scheduled to be commencing on July 13. Coach Rahul Dravid along with skipper, Shikhar Dhawan was seen in discussions, while other pictures had the team training in groups.
Yuzvendra Chahal, Ishan Porel, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan, and others were spotted as well. BCCI shared the images and captioned them as, “Snapshots from #TeamIndia’s first training session in Sri Lanka #SLvIND.”
📸📸 Snapshots from #TeamIndia's first training session in Sri Lanka 💪💪#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/hzBx8DNye2
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 2, 2021
The flamboyant Indian all-rounder Hardik also shared a post-training session picture with his elder brother Krunal Pandya on Twitter. The Pandya brothers were seen wearing the India training jersey and seemed pretty relaxed after an intense session.
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Hardik wrote, “Had a lovely and intense first session with the boys in blue. Looking forward for the matches.”
Had a lovely and intense first session with the boys in blue 🇮🇳
Looking forward to the matches. pic.twitter.com/F7HUOJQ8mw
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) July 2, 2021
Team India will be locking horns with Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is. All matches will be played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The three ODIs will be held on July 13, 16, and 18 followed by the three T20Is on July 21, 23, and 25.
The limited-overs contingent is without some of the crucial cogs of the team who are currently in England of the Test series against the hosts.
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Regular skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Shami are part of the Test tour which also featured in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand. The first of the five-match Test series against England will start from August 4, with the tour ending on September
