Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha is having some help from the house members during the Coronavirus shutdown in keeping himself fit and agile for when the cricket resumes.

It turns out, Wriddhiman’s father Prashanta is ensuring that India’s most technically accomplished wicketkeeper’s hand-eye co-ordination remains top-notch. He is helping him out with keeping drills inside their spacious South City apartment.

“Whatever drills possible in the confines of my apartment, I am doing that. So I do a lot of hand-eye coordination drills which are a must for keepers. At times, I am throwing a softball against the wall and catching to get the feel. At times, my father (Prashanta Saha) is helping me inside the flat,” Wriddhiman told PTI.

Talking about his training regimen being affected due to the shutdown, Saha said, “Look, it’s not that I am not in touch. It’s not that you get completely out of touch during the lockdown. Yes, running is the thing that I am not able to do because of lockdown. “So that’s await. Now inside our apartment complex, they are allowing us to walk in evenings.”

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Saha refused to put a time frame on his match-readiness, despite trainer Nick Webb giving everyone customized training charts. “Yes, I have some normal equipment. Obviously, not like a whole gym. Since the family is here, I am training as much I am able to. I don’t have a specific duration of the training,” he said.

“Bowlers, pacers, in particular, yes, they would need time proper running, hitting the lengths, getting the pace up there, it takes time. Batsmen won’t take that much time. I can’t say you can put a timeline as such,” the 35-year-old, who has played 37 Tests, said.

“I have never stressed on stuff like what happened and why I am not playing. Look, if the team management decides something, there is no place for contrarian views as far as I am concerned,” he said about specific demarcation that better batsmen may be used in away series.

“If I get matches well and good but all depends on the situation at that time. You still don’t know whether traveling is safe or not. I guess everything will be taken into account before the start of the camp,” he said about the upcoming series against Australia in December and the possibility of IPL happening.

(PTI inputs)