Indian cricket team will play three-match Test series against South Africa from December 26.
Indian cricket fans got a glimpse of Team India's practice session ahead of the three-match Test series in South Africa. The official website of BCCI shared a video capturing the preparation of the team.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid had a chat with the members of the squad before starting the practice session. He told them to keep good intensity for quality practice for the Test series, which begins from December 26.
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“The next three days are really going to be important in terms of our preparation and getting ourselves right for the first Test match,” Dravid said in the video posted on BCCI.TV. “Quality practice and good intensity,” he added.
Shreyas Iyer had a chat with Ishant Sharma as they discussed their practice session. The pacers got good assistance from the pitch and they were seen troubling the batters and exploiting the advantage.
Batting coach Vikram Rathour also admitted that the pitch was challenging for the batters as they prepare to face the South African pacers. “It was a center wicket practice session and fortunately for us, it was a fresh wicket with overcast conditions. Pretty challenging for the batters. The way they went about it, extremely happy," he said.
Here is the video: