It was a usually quiet homecoming for India head coach Rahul Dravid at the team’s non-compulsory coaching session at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Wednesday.
India takes on the Netherlands in its final league game right here on Sunday. Former India and Karnataka captain Dravid, amongst the first to enter the subject, had a detailed look at the pitch that shall be used for the New Zealand-Sri Lanka conflict right here on Thursday. He took a while out to talk with an previous good friend — former India and Karnataka left-arm spinner Raghuram Bhat.
Virat Kohli, on the cusp of breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI century report, gave the session a miss. Skipper Rohit Sharma, sporting a relaxed orange tank prime, didn’t bat, however engaged in a prolonged, animated dialogue with Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill.
Shreyas and Gill hammered massive photographs aplenty, eliciting nervy screams of ‘watch out!’ as the ball whizzed dangerously in direction of unsuspecting onlookers.
Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah got first strike with the bat. After his stint, Bumrah held courtroom with an enthusiastic group of web bowlers. When Bumrah bowled, he hit Ishan Kishan with a rising supply. Kishan was down for the rely, earlier than ultimately getting again on his ft to renew batting duties.
Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, but to get a game on this World Cup, bowled at full tilt for practically the full session.