India T20 WC Practice: India vs Western Australia-XI: India’s star batters Virat Kohli and KL Rahul decided to miss India’s practice game against Western Australia on Monday. Instead, they were seen practicing in the nets. It was India’s first practice match and the focus was on giving game time to Rishabh pant and Dinesh Karthik who haven’t had much time in the middle. Follow T20 World Cup Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
However, both Kohli and Rahul were seen practising side by side for long at the nets when India were playing against Western Australia XI. It was followed by practice session on the centre wicket. Both will be looking to adjust to the pace and bounce quickly. The are expected to play the 2nd practice match on Wednesday.
Thousands of fans were in the stadium even after the practice match just to watch Virat Kohli’s batting practice. Virat Kohli practicing batting alongside with KL Rahul. pic.twitter.com/cSZqwLd8W0
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) October 10, 2022
India T20 WC Practice: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul SKIP first PRACTICE match vs Western Australia, head straight to NETS instead, Watch Video
India will be playing their first game of the ICC T20 WC 2022 against Pakistan on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Nevertheless, the Asian nation are set to play several practice games before their opening game against the men in green. As far as the ongoing warm-up game against the Ashton Turner-led side is concerned, India were playing without the services of Kohli and Rahul.
Virat Kohli having a practice hit in the middle of the WACA immediately after the match. One would assume he will play in Thursday’s warm-up after missing today pic.twitter.com/H6nLq9iotG
— Tristan Lavalette (@trislavalette) October 10, 2022
Both of them decided to practice in the nets to prepare for the major tournament. However, it is to be noted that Kohli and Rahul have been in superb form of late. While the Karnataka batter scored 108 runs in two games during the T20I series against South Africa, Kohli has been scoring runs for fun since the Asia Cup 2022.
Down under 💙 pic.twitter.com/Y0EzXw26SB
— K L Rahul (@klrahul) October 10, 2022
India T20 WC Practice: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul SKIP first PRACTICE match vs Western Australia, head straight to NETS instead, Watch Video
Thus, it is safe to say that their decision to skip the practice game against Western Australia shouldn’t be questioned. It will be interesting to see if Rahul and Kohli do participate in the upcoming warm-up game against the same side on October 13. As for the ongoing match, India won the game by 13 runs. the Indian team scored 158 in their stipulated 20 overs during the first innings of their warm-up game against Western Australia. In the process, they lost six wickets
It was Suryakumar Yadav who was brilliant as the Mumbai batter scored a brilliant 35-ball 52. As far as their bowling is concerned, Arshdeep Singh was superb as he picked up three wickets. Thus, this comes as a confidence booster for the Indian team ahead of the T20 WC.
India T20 WC Practice: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul SKIP first PRACTICE match vs Western Australia, head straight to NETS instead, Watch Video
Inside #TeamIndia‘s nets session with Batting Coach – Vikram Rathour, Bowling Coach – Paras Mhambrey & Fielding Coach – T Dilip. pic.twitter.com/L8E3yosSbT
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 10, 2022
India T20 WC Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. Standby Players: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
Net Bowlers: Umran Malik, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldeep Sen
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