Ahead of the grueling tour of Australia, Team India has started their outdoor training with a light session after the entire contingent tested negative for Covid-19 on Saturday. Several cricketers who recently competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE, including Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw, and Mohammed Siraj, attended the session at Blacktown International Sports Park inside the Sydney Olympic Park.
The BCCI posted pictures of the outdoor training and a gym session on its Twitter handle.
Two days off the plane and #TeamIndia had their first outdoor session today. A bit of 🏃 to get the body moving! #AUSIND pic.twitter.com/GQkvCU6m15
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 14, 2020
Once out, the boys also hit the gym!💪 pic.twitter.com/X3QL3uHQJy
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 14, 2020
The Indian chinaman spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, fast bowler Umesh Yadav, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Test batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara were seen warming up. India’s newest pace sensation, T Natarajan, and Deepak Chahar were also seen in the pictures.
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The Indian team is currently serving a 14-day quarantine period and members have cleared the initial COVID-19 test, according to information received. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also posted a picture from his Twitter handle with fellow spinner Kuldeep.
Tweeting about the same, Yuzvendra Chahal wrote: “Back with my brother @imkuldeep18 and back on national duty for Flag of India#TeamIndia Flexed biceps #spintwins #kulcha”.
Back with my brother @imkuldeep18 and back on national duty for 🇮🇳#TeamIndia 💪 #spintwins #kulcha pic.twitter.com/NmWmccaEXt
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 14, 2020
India will be playing three ODIs, as many as T20Is followed by a four-Test series on the tour, starting with T20Is from November 27. The Test series is scheduled to be commencing with a Day-Night game at Adelaide from December 17. Skipper Virat Kohli will miss the last three matches as he will be on paternity during that time.
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India’s Tour of Australia schedule:
ODI Series
- 1st ODI: November 27 — SCG
- 2nd ODI: November 29 — SCG
- 3rd ODI: December 1 — Manuka Oval
T20I series
- 1st T20I: December 4 — Manuka Oval
- 2nd T20I: December 6 — SCG
- 3rd T20I: December 8 — SCG
Test series
- 1st Test: December 17-21 — Adelaide Oval
- 2nd Test: December 26-31 — MCG
- 3rd Test: January 7- 11 — SCG
- 4th Test: January 15-19 — Brisbane
