The Indian cricket team has begun its preparations for the New Year’s Test against South Africa in a bid to sq. the two-match collection. After being mauled by the Proteas on the SuperSport Park in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs, the Newlands Test in Cape Town presents the Rohit Sharma-led aspect with one more alternative to register features on the World Test Championship (2023-25 cycle)Â factors desk.Â
Rohit and his troops have already began getting ready for the 2nd Test and had been seen doing the onerous yards within the nets in what appeared a high-octane coaching session. “#TeamIndia are back in the nets and prepping for the 2nd Test in Cape Town,” BCCI captioned the coaching video.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was seen dealing with the brand new ball to fine-tune his prep forward of the collection decider. He additionally took throwdowns and tried to trip the bounce whereas dealing with loads of short-pitched stuff. The 22-year-old was additionally seen partaking in lengthy conversations with head coach Rahul Dravid.
On the opposite hand, star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja who was unavailable for choice within the first Test due to higher again spasms additionally participated within the follow session. He spent hours bowling to the batters after which padded up to bat himself.
Jadeja’s participation within the coaching is an encouraging signal because the guests look to finish the collection on a excessive. The loss in Centurion is a troublesome tablet to swallow however the vacationers have to elevate themselves and get mentally and bodily charged for the problem that lies forward.
India’s squad for the 2nd Test:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Avesh Khan
