India ticked all of the required containers in the course of the four-day follow match in opposition to Leicestershire and can look to hit the bottom operating after they face England within the rescheduled one-off Test starting Friday, stated head coach Rahul Dravid.
Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja — all struck fifties in the course of the drawn warm-up sport.
“I think whatever we needed to achieve and whatever boxes we needed to tick in terms of our preparation leading into the Test match on Friday, I think we are very satisfied and happy, we have been able to do that this week,” Dravid stated in a video posted by Leicestershire Foxes on Twitter.
Asked in regards to the challenges of enjoying in English situations, Dravid stated: “When you’ve got only one sport or one-off sport in a collection, its probably not a whole lot of time, you’ve bought to hit the bottom operating exhausting and also you’ve bought to have the ability to hopefully get your act collectively proper from the primary day of the Test match.
“There is not lot of room to maneuver or things to go wrong. So having said that it has been a good week. I thought the match wicket was challenging on first couple of days and settle down in the last two so, it was good, it was a great week.” The former India batter additionally gave a thumbs as much as the services and ambiance right here.
“I thought you know everyone’s really looked after us really well. It’s been great crowds you know, it’s really lovely to see so many people come to watch the game like this and just the atmosphere and the vibe have been excellent,” he stated.
India had been main the collection 2-1 final 12 months earlier than the ultimate Test was deserted owing to a COVID-19 outbreak within the guests’ camp.
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