Cricket News / before the practice match, these 4 Indian stalwarts held the hands of the opposition team

Zoom News : Jun 23, 2022, 08:03 AM
Delhi: The only Test match between India and England is to be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 1. Before this match, Team India will get to play a four-day practice match from June 23. The Indian team has made a new plan to practice strong against the English team. India has to play this match against Leicestershire and Team India has decided to play its 4 players from the opposition team in this match. Yes, during this practice match, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen facing Jasprit Bumrah's bowling. At the same time, Pujara will also play against India.

Apart from Jasprit Bumrah and Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and famous Krishna will play against India in this practice match. According to a statement issued by the Leicestershire club, "The LCCC, BCCI and ECB have all agreed to allow the four players from the touring camp to be part of the Running Fox team, so that all members of the traveling team are provided with stability (fitness)". subject) to be allowed to participate."

Along with this, the club also informed that not 11 but 13 players will play from one team in this match. "The match will be played with a team of 13 players to provide more flexibility and help manage the bowling workload," the club said.

Team India is preparing for the historic test starting from July 1 due to this special preparation. This match is part of the 5-match series played in 2021. At that time, this match was postponed after the entry of Coronavirus in the Indian camp. India are leading 2-1 in the series.

The team is as follows-

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav.

Leicestershire CCC: Sam Evans (capt), Rehan Ahmed, Sam Bates (wk), net bowly, Will Davis, Joy Evison, Lewis Kimber, Abi Sakande, Roman Walker, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Pranbhav Krishna.

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