crew India Captain Rohit Sharma looked very strong in the training session before the practice match against Leicestershire. Indian players will turn to red-ball cricket after almost three months to prepare for the one-off Test against England. The Indian Test team will take on England in the fifth Test, postponed from last year’s tour, to be played at Edgbaston on July 1. India are currently leading the series 2-1 as the previous match was postponed after several COVID cases surfaced. Visitor’s Camp.
Rohit had a bad season IPL His team Mumbai Indians finished at the bottom of the points table. He also had a disappointing season with the bat, scoring just 268 runs in 14 matches at an average of 19.14.
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Leicestershire Fox posted pictures of Indian players working hard for the warm-up clash, where Rohit looked intense as he batted in the nets.
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India will miss KL Rahul who will go to Germany for the treatment of his back injury. After being ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, he has also been ruled out of the England tour. In his absence, Shubman Gill is expected to open the innings alongside skipper Rohit.
Meanwhile, senior India players Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and young pacer will play for Leicestershire in the famous Krishna practice match.
There is no update on Ravichandran Ashwin’s availability. The veteran spinner missed the first flight due to a positive Covid result.
The India selectors have named Navdeep Saini, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Simarjit Singh as the net bowlers for the tour. The first two named are already with the squad, while Singh’s departure is believed to have been delayed.
Squad:
India: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Leicestershire CCC: Sam Evans (Capt), Rehan Ahmed, Sam Bates (wk), Nat Bowley, Will Davis, Joey Evison, Louis Kimber, Abi Sakande, Roman Walker, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna.
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