Last Updated: March 16, 2023, 08:00 IST
Kuldeep Yadav (left) and Yuvendra Chahal have an necessary few months forward of them. (AFP Phot)
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav could be itching to put collectively spectacular performances in the course of the Australia ODI collection
They had been the toast of the nation going into the 2019 World Cup in England however in final 4 years, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have seen extra downs than ups.
Kuldeep had a career-threatening knee surgical procedure in 2021 whereas Chahal, has been repeatedly ignored for necessary T20 video games and international meets. They would need to change their wheels of fortune.
However with India’s ODI World Cup preparations beginning with the three-match collection in opposition to Australia, beginning Friday, the famed ‘Kul-Cha’ would love to serve a platter of googlies, leg-breaks and flippers which their followers would really like to savour.
Several members of the Indian cricket group together with the stand-in captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday started coaching in Mumbai on the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday however all eyes had been on the 2 wrist spinners as they want to battle it out with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, two multi-skilled cricketers, who’re additionally a part of this squad.
Both Kuldeep and Chahal, aren’t probably the most achieved of batters, though the UP left-arm wrist spinner has had some extent of success on the Test stage.
However each Washington and Jadeja come as a package deal however purely on tweaker’s abilities, the 2 wrist spinners are forward in contrast to finger spinners.
India’s common captain Rohit Sharma will miss the primary ODI in Mumbai due to household commitments and the stand-in captain for the match, Pandya, was amongst those that skilled for greater than two hours with the white ball.
Among the opposite gamers who had been in attendance had been quick bowlers Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur and amongst batters, Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan.
While India head coach Rahul Dravid didn’t attend the session, the opposite members of the teaching workers, batting coach Vikram Rathour, fielding coach T Dilip and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey had been current together with throw-down specialists Raghavendraa and Nuwan Seneviratne.
India’s most popular selection for No. 5 spot and wicketkeeping duties, KL Rahul, who was dropped from the group after the primary two Tests at Nagpur and New Delhi, was additionally among the many absentees.
Pandya, who can be the designated vice-captain for the collection, did gentle bowling follow and in addition tried leg-breaks in one of many adjoining nets to Kishan.
While Suryakumar, Kishan and Pandya had lengthy stints with the bat, Siraj, who featured until the third Test in Indore, additionally spent quite a lot of time batting in opposition to spinners and quick bowlers.
Suryakumar principally had a standard strategy in the nets with an odd aggressive shot, however captain Pandya did probability his arms each time the chance introduced itself.
The Australian gamers additionally had a coaching session right here late in the afternoon.
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