After two months of intense competitive cricket under night lights, the Indian cricket team sans Virat Kohli began their preparations for the T20 World Cup with a morning practice session here, keeping in mind the 10.30 am start for all their warm-up matches.
But it is not clear whether he will be able to start the only warm-up game against Bangladesh on Saturday after the long flight.
After playing 90 percent of the matches under lights in the scorching midsummer, the idea would be to adjust to pleasant mornings where temperatures will hover between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius with very little humidity.
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A white kookaburra on slightly windy mornings can be a challenge and heavily delayed bodies need to get used to the morning conditions to be ready for it.
And that’s why the support staff decided to help the player acclimate to the conditions before starting the skills training (network sessions) at the practice fields in Nassau County on the outskirts of the city.
With 14 players signed in, there was light jogging, regular shuttle runs and a bit of volleying to get into the groove.
We haven’t played cricket yet, we came here today for a team activity. Hopefully it will be good. The weather is kind to us, so we’re looking forward to it.” Rohit Sharma’s vice-captain Hardik Pandya seemed enthused by the “bright sun” and “good vibes” while Surya kumar Yadav wanted to know more about the diaspora’s cricketing interests.
They will face USA on June 12 before the cricket caravan moves to famous Lauderhill, Florida for the match against Canada on June 15.
