Indian Team Practice News: Abhishek Sharma Rains Fury On Bowlers, Rinku Singh Returns To Bowl Off-spin
Spin was the flavour of India's net session on the eve of their T20 World Cup game against the Netherlands, with Abhishek Sharma's towering hits headlining the stint
Spin was the flavour of India's net session on the eve of their T20 World Cup game against the Netherlands, with Abhishek Sharma's towering hits headlining the stint. Yet to score a run in the tournament, Abhishek batted for more than an hour in the main square of the sprawling stadium. For someone who likes to play in front of the wicket on either side, Abhishek stuck to his strengths and targeted the cow corner and deep-cover region against the off-spin of a net bowler and Varun Chakaravarthy.
When the pacers were in operation, the southpaw employed the pull and the pick-up shot behind the wicket. Against all three of them, it was raining sixes. Just when one thought he was done, Abhishek returned to bat in tandem with skipper Suryakumar Yadav. That was when Kuldeep Yadav came on to roll his arm over, and Abhishek was quick to dispatch anything full towards his preferred extra-cover region.
In the adjacent nets, the likes of Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh also spent more time against the slower bowlers.
Only half of the squad members were at the ground, and they included Abhishek, Chakaravarthy, Suryakumar, Tilak, Kuldeep, Washington Sundar and Arshdeep Singh.
Rinku's round-arm off-spin
After a lengthy session with the bat, Rinku returned to bowl some off-spin with a round-arm action, reminiscent of Gerhard Erasmus in the game against Namibia. The Namibia captain had troubled the Indian batters with his unconventional action and deliveries from well behind the stumps in Delhi last week.
Even in the Pakistan game, the Indian batters' performance against the likes of Usman Tariq and Saim Ayub left a lot to be desired. It was a tough wicket in Colombo, but Ishan Kishan's special effort took the game away from Pakistan.
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