Indian team prepares for forthcoming series against Australia
Internet Desk: The Indian cricket team has already started their preparation for the forthcoming series against Australia. With just two weeks away for the first test against the Aussies in Pune, the team management has called up tall left arm fast bowler Aniket Chaudhary to prepare them against Mitchell Starc. Aniket was seen bowling at the Indian nets for the last couple of days.
The Rajasthan pacer, with his height and the decent pace that he works up, has been particularly called up to bring in more quality as a net bowler. Keeping in mind the awkward bounce Starc generates against the right handed batsmen, Aniket was seen bowling at the likes of Kohli, Rahane, Rahul, Pujara and other India batsmen.
Aniket had recently performed well for India A, taking four wickets in the warm-up game against Bangladesh. With India’s top order batsmen being right-handers, Aniket was roped in during the New Zealand series
Another notable observation from the Indian practice session was the bowlers were asked to bowl at an off-stump line. Indian coach Anil Kumble was seen keeping a close eye on Ishant, Umesh and Bhuvi as they kept on hitting the channel delivery after delivery.
The Indian coaching staff employed another innovative target practice. Adjacent to the match strip, two plastic stumps were put – off and leg stump. On top of off-stump, a square box was fixed in which a circular shooters target was painted. The Bulls Eye was located at a position that is exactly six inches above off-stump.
Irrespective of the test match against Bangladesh, India’s real challenge will be to win the series against Steve Smith’s team.