Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Team India Starts World Cup Practice


The first Team India practice session for World Cup 2011 preparations start at 2:00 PM today, Wednesday, with players flying in to Bangalore for the training required for the mega-event.


The Indian outfit would slug it out at the KSCA B ground, housing the Karnataka Cricket Academy (KCA) and National Cricket Academy (NCA). Both the academies will provide the practice pitches for the players to get a look and feel of the conditions. 

 
However, Dhoni’s men would not be given a chance to play on the actual ground which will see the World Cup action. Teams will be allowed in the main Chinnaswamy Stadium ground only for fielding practice under lights closer to the matches.
 
Battling some fitness issues, the Indian squad would hope for a good stretch at the practice venues and regain some confidence.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

India sweat over Praveen Kumar injury


Medium-pacer Praveen Kumar - part of the 15-member squad - is learnt to have not yet recovered from his elbow injury and is on his way to the UK for treatment.

 
World Cup is about begin, a look at the number of players who returned with injuries from South Africa - either midway or after completing the tour - include Virender Sehwag (shoulder), Gautam Gambhir (elbow), and Sreesanth (elbow) while Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel have recently returned to full fitness.
Dhoni had said. In hindsight, it seems, the team management's perspective on the player was taken, but the status of his injury was completely ignored.


The Indian team is scheduled to start assembling in Bangalore from February 8 onwards and the departure to Dhaka for the opening game is scheduled for February 14. That should indicate that the team gets less than a week at the academy during which fitness tests will have to be the order of the day.
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