Rohit Sharma’s facet has returned to enterprise following its much-deserved month-long break, as India started the preparations for the upcoming two-Check collection in opposition to Bangladesh underneath head coach Gautam Gambhir in Chennai on Friday.
With the primary Check in opposition to Bangladesh scheduled from September 19, the whole squad, together with Rohit and Virat Kohli, assembled on the MA Chidambaram Stadium with new bowling coach, South African nice Morne Morkel, and assitant coach Abhishek Nayar additionally in attendance.
BCCI posted pictures of the primary day of observe and wrote, “The countdown begins as Crew India start their preps for an thrilling residence season.” The photographs confirmed the whole squad listening attentively to Gambhir, his help workers and skipper Rohit.
Earlier, India skipper Rohit arrived in Chennai on Thursday, whereas Virat flew in instantly from London for the opening Check.
Sporting a yellow jersey, Rohit was seen rising from the airport escorted by safety personnel, in a PTI Video on Thursday night time, whereas Kohli got here from London on an early-morning flight.
The countdown begins as #TeamIndia start their preps for an thrilling residence season.#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/VlIvau5AfD
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 13, 2024
The likes of India tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had earlier reached town on Thursday.
This will likely be India’s first Check underneath Gambhir and his new help workers, and it could be attention-grabbing to see how Rohit’s facet approaches the sport in opposition to a Bangladesh facet, which is using a wave following their 2-0 Check collection win over Pakistan.
Important World Check Championship (WTC) factors are at stake within the two-match collection as India prepare for a a gruelling 10-match Check season, which additionally features a three-Check collection at residence in opposition to New Zealand and the five-match Border-Gavaskar collection later this 12 months in Australia.
India are at present heading the desk with 68.52 proportion factors, whereas Australia are a detailed second with 62.50 proportion factors.
Bangladesh have jumped to fourth spot with 45.83 proportion factors following their 10-wicket win in opposition to Pakistan within the opening Check and their wonderful fight-back within the second Check the place wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das scored a century to singlehandedly information the facet to a collection triumph.
The second Check of the India-Bangladesh collection will likely be performed in Kanpur from September 27.
– With PTI inputs