India’s desires of profitable a Test collection in South Africa for the primary time went up in smoke after an innings defeat within the first match in Centurion. However, they’re nonetheless chasing a bit of historical past as they put together for the second and remaining Test in Cape Town. Only as soon as have India managed to get out of a Test tour of South Africa with a draw and so they want to do the identical when the groups meet once more within the second Test beginning on January 3.
Jaiswal and Krishna struggled within the first Test (BCCI)
The group is in Cape Town already and are sweating it out within the nets in preparation for the collection. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) launched a video of the group’s web session on Sunday and there have been various key takeaways from it. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s return appears confirmed with the 35-year-old spending various hours with the bat and the ball. Jadeja had sat out the primary Test because of an higher again spasm that he felt simply earlier than Day 1 in Centurion.
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Head coach Rahul Dravid and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey additionally had a prolonged session with quick bowler Prasidh Krishna. Krishna made his Test debut within the first match and was pummeled throughout the bottom by the South African batters, notably Dean Elgar. Dravid and Mhambrey had been getting Krishna to work on the traces and lengths that they wished him to bowl. It signifies that India might give Krishna one other go within the second Test as a substitute of enjoying Mukesh Kumar.
Dravid had a prolonged chat with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal as properly. Jaiswal scored simply 17 and 5 runs within the first Test as India’s high order failed to fireplace in each innings. Captain Rohit Sharma additionally had a tough time additionally confronted various deliveries within the session. Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled loads of deliveries to Rohit. Rohit additionally interacted lots with the youthful gamers within the group and stored an eye fixed on Jaiswal whereas the latter was going through deliveries. India’s three all-rounders – Ashwin, Jadeja and Shardul Thakur, all confronted various deliveries along with rolling their arms.
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