India undergoes intense training ahead of ODI series

[rkt.india]

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/article2393273.ece Their confidence at an all time low following the 0? drubbing in the Test series, the Indian cricket team on Wednesday went through intense fielding and batting drills ahead of the upcoming ODIs against England starting next month. The entire ODI outfit, sans injured opener Gautam Gambhir and IndiaÃÔ best player in the Test series Rahul Dravid, attended the morningÃÔ practice session here. Even though speculations over GambhirÃÔ availability for the ODI series is all but over following a clear MRI scan report, the leftÃÉander did not come out to practice with his fellow players. The Indian cricketers were subjected to some intense fielding drills, including catches - high, low, sharp, spinning, at the boundary edge, running forward and backward. It was interesting to see the fielders attempting to catch skiers while standing near the ropes and a few of the efforts were truly breathÃÕaking. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not part of this catching drill. However, he gave himself a good stretch with the bat in the nets and so did Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. They faced some decent bowling from Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar, who went flat out at them. India coach Duncan Fletcher witnessed the proceedings from behind the nets with bowling coach Eric Simmons in tow. Among batsmen, Rohit was the most impressive while Raina was the most brittle, which is hardly surprising since he scored only 105 runs from the fourõest series at an average of 13.12. Sharma hit massive sixes with utmost ease and one such hit, from an impossible position, drew a handsome clap from Fletcher in appreciation. Young Ajinkya Rahane and Varun Aaron, who were chosen as replacements for injured Virender Sehwag and Ishant Sharma, are yet to arrive in England. The venue should lift the besieged Indians for itÃÔ where Kumar Ranjitsinhji spent 14 years and graced the county grounds. Nawab Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Eknath Solkar are the two other prominent names who have had a long association with this county. The county ground also boasts of a rare museum on Ranjitsinhji which has his bat, blazers and some rare photographs and scoreÃÔheets. The Indian high commissioner to United Kingdom is officially set to inaugurate the museum on the morning of IndiaÃÔ match against Sussex on Thursday.

[Trichromatic]

Neend khul gayee kya?

[maniac]

Hope it is not too intense as we can do without any more injuries...I Just get a feeling that more than training and practice SRT,Dhoni and Dravid look determined enough to put more than a 100% to pull this off after the embarassment they have just gone through.

[Cricket Tragic]

Hope it is not too intense as we can do without any more injuries...I Just get a feeling that more than training and practice SRT' date=Dhoni and Dravid look determined enough to put more than a 100% to pull this off after the embarassment they have just gone through.

:giggle:

[Sidhoni]

Hope it is not too intense as we can do without any more injuries...I Just get a feeling that more than training and practice SRT' date='Dhoni and Dravid look determined enough to put more than a 100% to pull this off after the embarassment they have just gone through.[/quote'] :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[Guest Gunner]

Muh boy RS :hail:

[Moncy]

I predict they will lose 5-0 to England. Why? Because the ODI series is taking place in England.

[darkknight]

Ind should stop playing these useless one days and instead build a test team.

[Cricket Tragic]

Ind should stop playing these useless one days and instead build a test team.

What about the mighty Pakistanis?

[apuk79]

Listen right Indian players dont know the meaning of intense training. I was at the team hotel for 5 days yes five days during the Oval match. I saw what they got up to. England get to the ground each day at 8 am and start practising. India DONT LEAVE the hotel till 9.40 am because too busy filling their faces with vada and pau bhaji etc Also on each evening Indian players are going out to restaurants, bars etc. The only person I saw with the right ethic is dravid and dhoni and sachin. The rest are always out e.g ghambir, mishra, sehwag u dont find them in the hotel!!

[Cricket Tragic]

Listen right Indian players dont know the meaning of intense training. I was at the team hotel for 5 days yes five days during the Oval match. I saw what they got up to. England get to the ground each day at 8 am and start practising. India DONT LEAVE the hotel till 9.40 am because too busy filling their faces with vada and pau bhaji etc Also on each evening Indian players are going out to restaurants, bars etc. The only person I saw with the right ethic is dravid and dhoni and sachin. The rest are always out e.g ghambir, mishra, sehwag u dont find them in the hotel!!

:omg: How dare the Indian players go out in the evening :hitler:

[Moncy]

Listen right Indian players dont know the meaning of intense training. I was at the team hotel for 5 days yes five days during the Oval match. I saw what they got up to. England get to the ground each day at 8 am and start practising. India DONT LEAVE the hotel till 9.40 am because too busy filling their faces with vada and pau bhaji etc Also on each evening Indian players are going out to restaurants, bars etc. The only person I saw with the right ethic is dravid and dhoni and sachin. The rest are always out e.g ghambir, mishra, sehwag u dont find them in the hotel!!

:omg: That's surprising (sarcasm)

[apuk79]

No but should the players be turning up at the hotel at 1am after going out drinking and partying during a test match??!! u tell me!!!!! :haha::finger:

[Cricket Tragic]

I izz disappoint with our boys. They should be heading out at 1 am and not returning at 1 am. Go and read about what happened on the rest day of the famous test at Headingley in 1981 (Botham's test). The older players are lucky that there wasn't as much scrutiny back then. Gary Sobers would get bashed on these boards!

[Fontaine]

I izz disappoint with our boys. They should be heading out at 1 am and not returning at 1 am. Go and read about what happened on the rest day of the famous test at Headingley in 1981 (Botham's test). The older players are lucky that there wasn't as much scrutiny back then. Gary Sobers would get bashed on these boards!

Well that was a different time. Most players in that era didn't place as much emphasis on those things. But now, if you're opponent is getting up at and the test ground for 8am practising drills etc then you better damn well make sure you at least keep up.