Rohit Sharma Team India led by has reached Pune for its next assignment. The team had reached Pune on Sunday itself, where it is going to face Bangladesh in its fourth match of the World Cup on 19 October. The players have been given rest before this match. Team No. did not practice even on Monday. He reached Pune on Sunday afternoon amid a warm welcome and went straight to his hotel room. BCCI confirmed that the team will hit the nets on Tuesday evening itself. The Indian team defeated Pakistan badly in front of the biggest crowd of this World Cup in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Even though the players have been given two days leave, the head coach Rahul Dravid There was no holiday for. Dravid was on duty even when all the other team members were in their rooms on Monday.
Rahul Dravid reached the stadium to inspect the pitch
As soon as the Indian team stepped on the soil of Pune, Rahul Dravid went straight from the hotel to the venue MCA Stadium to see the pitch. Dravid spent some time with the curator and ground staff discussing the nature of the pitch. This move of Dravid assumes more significance because this will be the first match of this World Cup in Pune and naturally there can be some factors which can affect the match.
More than 300 runs have been scored in 8 out of 14 innings
So far, out of 14 ODI innings, the team has crossed the 300-run mark in an innings 8 times at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Last time when an ODI match was played here, both teams India and England had scored more than 300 runs and India defeated England by seven runs. The funniest thing was that no batsman had scored a single century.
Rohit Sharma can break the record of sixes
Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul will be hoping that they will get a similar pitch on Thursday. So that the process of scoring runs continues. Rohit is on a mission to hit sixes so far in this tournament. He has hit 11 sixes in just three innings of the tournament. It is being speculated about the Pune pitch that if it is a red clay pitch then the bowlers will get extra turn. At the same time, if there is a pitch of black soil then there will be rain of runs.
Bangladesh is worried about Shakib Al Hasan’s injury
India and Bangladesh have had completely different starts in this tournament. India has won all its three matches against Australia, Afghanistan and Pakistan very convincingly and till the time of writing the news is on top of the points table. On the other hand, Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan in their opening match but had to face defeats against New Zealand and England. Bangladesh will be concerned about the fitness of captain Shakib Al Hasan. He suffered an injury during his last match against New Zealand. Overall, India will try strongly to win its fourth match also.