After a brush with commando-style fitness training, the Indian cricketers reassembled here on Sunday for a skills-specific camp in preparation for the tri-series in Sri Lanka beginning on August 14.
Four-day camp ahead of tri-series starts in Bangalore today.
BANGALORE: After a brush with commando-style fitness training, the Indian cricketers reassembled here on Sunday for a skills-specific camp in preparation for the tri-series in Sri Lanka beginning on August 14.
The players, with the exception of Irfan Pathan, trickled in batches for the four-day camp starting on Monday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pathan, who had given himself two days of extra practice ahead of the first camp, arrived on Saturday itself and had a bowl at skipper Rahul Dravid in the nets with bio-mechanist Ian Frazer and trainer Gregory Allan King keeping a close watch.
Apart from the 15 Colombo-bound players, paceman Lakshmipathy Balaji and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik are also here to continue their rehabilitation following injuries. While Balaji is recovering from a stress fracture of the back, Kartik is recuperating after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder.
Punjab bowler VRV Singh, who was part of the Indian Test squad for the tour of West Indies but ignored for the Sri Lankan tri-series which has South Africa as the third team, has also arrived. The spotlight would be once again on Sachin Tendulkar in the wake of comments by coach Greg Chappell that the batsman was not 100 percent fit and cannot be able to throw the ball from the deep.
The comments of Chappell, who had given the first camp a miss as he was on a vacation to the USA, has refuelled the debate on whether Tendulkar was hurrying back his return to international cricket.
Tendulkar is making a comeback after a four-month lay-off following a shoulder surgery in March this year.
The players are scheduled to leave for Colombo on the night of August 10.
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