Ahead of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) closing, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja practiced for the primary time right here on Sunday.
India and New Zealand will lock horns in the finals of WTC, starting June 18. The Indian males’s and ladies’s cricket groups arrived in London on Thursday for the WTC closing and England collection.
“First outing in Southampton #feelthevibe #india,” Jadeja tweeted whereas sharing footage from the training session.
First outing in southampton #feelthevibe #india pic.twitter.com/P2TgZji0o8
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) June 6, 2021
While the boys’s crew is gearing up for the WTC closing in opposition to New Zealand, the ladies’s crew will tackle the English crew in a one-off Test earlier than enjoying ODIs and T20Is.
At the Hampshire Bowl, the gamers have been examined once more earlier than commencing a interval of managed isolation. Regular checks shall be carried out through the interval of isolation.
Players’ exercise shall be allowed in a steadily growing method after every spherical of detrimental testing, shifting from train in isolation to small group after which bigger squad exercise, while at all times remaining throughout the bio-secure venue.
Prior to departing for England, India head coach Ravi Shastri had mentioned that going forward, the International Cricket Council (ICC) ought to look to make the ultimate of the WTC closing a best-of-three contest and it could possibly be performed like a three-match collection.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand crew is already in the UK for his or her bilateral collection in opposition to England and the crew will transition from the ECB bio-secure setting into the WTC Final bubble on June 15 and shall be topic to common testing previous to and post-arrival in Southampton.
