After registering wins in both the limited-overs series in England, Team India now gears up for the three-match ODI series against West Indies which is scheduled to be commencing on Friday onwards in Port of Spain. However, India will be missing seven of their regular players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah. But this allows the fringe players to prove their mettle in limited-overs cricket which will be led by Shikhar Dhawan in the ODI series.
India had another of their practice session on Thursday, an indoor session as well owing to the rainy weather at the venue, but along with the team members stood an unknown left-arm spinner, who was bowling to the India batters and seen having chat with the head coach Rahul Dravid.
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The Indian team might have required the spinner had Ravindra Jadeja not suffered a niggle, which puts his participation in doubt for the opening ODI. But with the injury scare, Rahul Dravid called up a local boy, who bowls the left-arm variety, to India’s net session. The uncapped bowler, Amir Ali, 20, bowled to the Indian batters for more than half an hour and was seen continuously having a chat with Dravid.
Here is the video of the same:
During a chat with veteran sports journalist Vimal Umar, Amir Ali said, “It was a great experience bowling to an international batsman. I learned a lot, and coach Rahul Dravid gave some good input. It is stepping stone in my career and it was a great experience.”
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The last time when India faced West Indies, the Men in Blue were troubled by the left-arm spinner, Akeal Hosein. The 28-year-old had picked two wickets at an economy rate of just 5.67 while in the T20Is, he went wicketless at eight runs per over and conceded only a boundary every over in the series, but wasn’t hit for a single six.
West Indies have added a second left-arm tweaker to their squad in Gudakesh Motie, an uncapped bowler.
