Gwalior : After the clean sweep in the Test series, the Indian team is now ready to continue its winning campaign in the T20 series against Bangladesh (IND Vs BAN). The first match of the three-match T20 series is to be played on Sunday at the newly constructed Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Shankarpur, Gwalior. This will be the first international match of this stadium.
At the same time, Indian team's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who bowled the historic last over in the T20 World Cup final, once again took the field on Thursday. After the World Cup, he played the only T20 series against Sri Lanka. On Thursday, while Bangladeshi players practiced vigorously in the scorching sun, Indian players practiced in floodlight.
practice in bright light
The Indian team is trying to repeat its performance in the T20 series. On Thursday, the Indian team reached for practice under floodlights at 5 pm. The players started practice with a light warm-up. Along with this, coach Gautam Gambhir inspected the pitch and prepared further strategy. After warm-up, the players also practiced throwing. After some time, Indian star all-rounder Hardik Pandya practiced bowling on the main pitch.
While captain Suryakumar Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Rinku Singh batted on the practice pitch, IPL star fast bowlers Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana practiced bowling. The Indian team will reach for practice on Friday at 1 pm.
Local bowlers showed strength
Due to strong sunlight, Bangladesh team players started practice at 2:15 instead of 1 o'clock. In the practice session, captain Nazmul Shanto, Parvez Hussain Emon, Tanjeed Hasan spent more time at the net and hit big shots. The local net bowlers showed their mettle by dismissing the Bangladeshi batsmen.