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Kuldeep Yadav (left) and Yuvendra Chahal have an vital few months forward of them. (AFP Phot)
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav could be itching to place collectively spectacular performances in the course of the Australia ODI sequence
They had been the toast of the nation going into the 2019 World Cup in England however in final 4 years, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have seen extra downs than ups.
Kuldeep had a career-threatening knee surgical procedure in 2021 whereas Chahal, has been repeatedly ignored for vital T20 video games and international meets. They might need to change their wheels of fortune.
Nonetheless with India’s ODI World Cup preparations beginning with the three-match sequence in opposition to Australia, beginning Friday, the famed ‘Kul-Cha’ would like to serve a platter of googlies, leg-breaks and flippers which their followers wish to savour.
A number of members of the Indian cricket group together with the stand-in captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday started coaching in Mumbai on the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday however all eyes had been on the 2 wrist spinners as they should battle it out with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, two multi-skilled cricketers, who’re additionally a part of this squad.
Each Kuldeep and Chahal, aren’t essentially the most completed of batters, though the UP left-arm wrist spinner has had some extent of success on the Take a look at stage.
Nonetheless each Washington and Jadeja come as a package deal however purely on tweaker’s abilities, the 2 wrist spinners are forward in comparison with finger spinners.
India’s common captain Rohit Sharma will miss the primary ODI in Mumbai as a consequence of household commitments and the stand-in captain for the match, Pandya, was amongst those that educated for greater than two hours with the white ball.
Among the many different gamers who had been in attendance had been quick bowlers Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur and amongst batters, Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan.
Whereas India head coach Rahul Dravid didn’t attend the session, the opposite members of the teaching employees, batting coach Vikram Rathour, fielding coach T Dilip and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey had been current together with throw-down specialists Raghavendraa and Nuwan Seneviratne.
India’s most popular alternative for No. 5 spot and wicketkeeping duties, KL Rahul, who was dropped from the group after the primary two Checks at Nagpur and New Delhi, was additionally among the many absentees.
Pandya, who can be the designated vice-captain for the sequence, did gentle bowling apply and likewise tried leg-breaks in one of many adjoining nets to Kishan.
Whereas Suryakumar, Kishan and Pandya had lengthy stints with the bat, Siraj, who featured until the third Take a look at in Indore, additionally spent lots of time batting in opposition to spinners and quick bowlers.
Suryakumar principally had a standard method within the nets with an odd aggressive shot, however captain Pandya did probability his arms each time the chance introduced itself.
The Australian gamers additionally had a coaching session right here late within the afternoon.
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