Champions Trophy 2025: Shami's emphasis on length, Pandya and Shreyas hit long shots; Indian team started practicing as soon as they reached Dubai
Champions Trophy 2025 The Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025 has reached Dubai. As soon as they reached Dubai, Team India started practice from Sunday without wasting a single day. BCCI has shared some pictures of the Indian team's practice on social media. The Indian team will face Bangladesh in its first match. This match will be played in Dubai on 20 February.
The Indian team, which reached Dubai on Saturday for the Champions Trophy 2025, started practice from Sunday without wasting any time. All the players of the Indian team sweated it out on the nets at the ICC Academy Practice Ground here. During batting practice, a shot from Hardik Pandya hit Pant's knee. However, this injury was not serious and Pant came down to bat on the nets wearing pads after some time.
There will be a clash with Bangladesh
1.India will play all its matches in Dubai and will open its innings against Bangladesh on February 20.2.After this, the team will face its arch rival Pakistan on 23 February.3.India's last league match will be against New Zealand on March 2.4.There was no question of alternative practice after the new operating procedures (SOPs) were strictly implemented for the players.5.From captain Rohit Sharma to young Harshit Rana, everyone was present on the ground for practice.6.All eyes were on pacer Mohammed Shami, who was seen chatting with bowling coach Morne Morkel for a long time.
Shami bowled some balls with a short run-up
Shami, who recently returned to international cricket in the series against England, tried to gauge the conditions by bowling a few balls with a short run-up. Shami was trying to correct his length and went to the batsman's end in the nets with bowling coach Morne Morkel. From a distance, it looked like they were standing at the popping crease at the batsman's end and discussing the ideal line length.Shami was seen pointing to a certain length outside the crease, which can be called the good length (4 m to 6 m) zone. He pointed to indicate that he was trying to bowl the ball at that particular length while Morkel was listening to him attentively. When the batsmen came down to the nets, Shami bowled at full speed and on many occasions, he outwitted the batsmen.Pandya, Shreyas hit long shots
Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer practiced against spinners including Kuldeep Yadav and hit long shots. During this, one of Pandya's shots hit Pant's knee standing there and he groaned in pain. After this, physio Kamlesh Jain rushed there. Pandya also stopped the practice and came to Pant and asked about his health, but Pant's injury was not serious and he came down to practice batting after some time.Virat Kohli tried to bat with concentration as always, while Rohit Sharma, who scored a century against England in Cuttack last week, looked in good touch in the nets. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty practiced fielding with fielding coach T Dilip. During this time the atmosphere in the team was very positive. Along with cricket, the players also played tennis and football. Dailymintz
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