Mayank Agarwal was seen practicing with a unique drill ahead of the first Test against New Zealand.
The Indian team is currently playing a three-day practice match against New Zealand XI to have some red-ball match practice before the two Tests against New Zealand starting next week. While Agarwal could manage only 1 run in the first innings of the game, he looked in good form in the second innings.
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However, what put the fans in a frenzy was a video by ESPNCricInfo on Instagram that showed the Indian opener taking unique throwdowns. The video showed Indian team staff member ‘Raghu’ bowl him underarm balls that rolled down to Agarwal and he was playing straight bat shots to those.
ESPNCricInfo captioned the video, “Is Mayank expecting the ball to keep low? What's he trying to work on here? #NZvIND”
He is either (surprisingly) expecting the balls to keep low on pitches that provide extra bounce or he was just practicing his straight bat shots and trying to keep the ball on the ground rather than playing it in the air.
Is Mayank expecting the ball to keep low? What's he trying to work on here? #NZvIND
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