After suffering a crushing defeat in the opening Test against South Africa, some members of the Indian cricket team today had an optional training session here, which was skipped by senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan.
After suffering a crushing defeat in the opening Test against South Africa, some members of the Indian cricket team today had an optional training session here, which was skipped by senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan.
Some members of the team, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, practiced at the VCA stadium in Jamtha on what was the scheduled fifth day of the first Test that the hosts lost by an innings and six runs on the fourth day yesterday.
Apart from Dhoni, the others who took part in the net session were V V S Laxman, who missed the opener due to a finger injury, S Badrinath, M Vijay, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma.
There was some concern over Laxman when he got hurt by a ball from left arm spinner Ojha but he came back to bat after taking a short break.
Tendulkar and Zaheer, meanwhile, have gone to Mumbai en route to Kolkata for the February 14-18 second and final Test at the Eden Gardens, while Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir went to Delhi and were not available for practice, Vidarbha Cricket Association sources said.
Off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who did little of note in the Test here, did not practice with the other members though he is still in the city.
The net session was supervised by coach Gary Kirsten and bowling coach Eric Simmons.
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