JAIPUR: The Sawai Mansingh Stadium right here witnessed the start of a new period as newly appointed coach-captain pair of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma officially got here jointly for the primary time on Monday.
The duo wasted no time and reached the venue for India’s coaching session forward of the T20I series opener against New Zealand to be carried out on Wednesday.
Entering first, Dravid immediately headed to inspect the centre pitch that’s possible to be used on the match-day. While rigorously analyzing the wicket for over 30 minutes, Dravid spoke to central zone pitch curator Taposh Chatterjee, chief selector Chetan Sharma and vice-captain KL Rahul.
After well being drills, which went for 25-half-hour, the teams headed to the nets at the two wickets adjacent to the centre strip.
With Dravid, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey and batting coach Vikram Rathour watching, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the main to start out.
All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who became the toast of the city together with his batting exploits all through IPL 2021, was observed bowling for a substantial interval. Being touted as Hardik Pandya’s replace, Venkatesh would possibly make his worldwide debut inside the series.
Captain Rohit was doing clear hitting and went for big photos right kind after taking guard. The opener passed the issue posed by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, spinners Axar Patel, Ashwin and Venkatesh throughout the session that lasted for nearly 3 hours.
Moreover, the New Zealand team that carried out the T20 World Cup last in Dubai on Sunday, reached Jaipur on Monday, and can get ready on the eve of the tournament.
