New Delhi:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met with a lot of criticism when they canceled the warm up match against India A ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series. Considering the poor form that many India cricketers have displayed off in the last few Test series, the Team has reportedly decided to schedule an intra- squad 3-day warm up match. However, the board has decided to hold the match behind closed doors, with no public viewing possible.
The Intra-Squad warm up match will take place at the WACA (Western Australia Cricket Association), it will take place from Friday to Sunday. As soon as the warm up game was scheduled the BCCI ensured that no public viewing is allowed. The match is to be taken place in lockdown conditions, as per The Western Australian.
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A set of Indian players who have already reached Australia, have begun with their training sessions. Virat Kohli was among the first ones to land their but he missed the first practice session on Tuesday. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin also missed the ‘optional ‘ session.
Players who participated in the Training Session
However, the off-coloured KL Rahul and India’s young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal, both of whom are expected to open the innings in Perth in the first test, in absence of Rohit Sharma, were spotted hitting the nets. Keeper batsmen Rishabh Pant was also spotted for the optional training session.
This summer’s Border-Gavaskar Test series is very vital for India, as they need to beat Australia 4-0 in the 5-match test series if they are to keep their World Test Championship Final qualification hopes in their own hand. After the 0-3 beating by the Kiwis, India dropped down to second spot in the WTC points table while Australia is at the top.
