Ahmedabad, February 17 Spin dominated India's net session on the eve of their T20 World Cup match against the Netherlands, with Abhishek Sharma's powerful shots being the highlight.
Although Abhishek had yet to score a run in the tournament, he batted for over an hour in the large stadium, focusing on the cow corner and deep cover region against the off-spin of a net bowler and Varun Chakaravarthy.
For someone who prefers to play in front of the wicket on either side, Abhishek stuck to his strengths and targeted the cow corner and deep cover region against the off-spin of a net bowler and Varun Chakaravarthy.
When the pacers were in action, the left-handed batsman employed the pull and pick-up shot behind the wicket. Against all three of them, he smashed sixes.
Just when one thought he was done, Abhishek returned to bat alongside captain Suryakumar Yadav. That's when Kuldeep Yadav came into the attack, and Abhishek quickly dispatched anything full towards his preferred extra cover region.
In adjacent nets, players like Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh also spent more time batting against slower bowlers.
Only half of the squad members were present, including Abhishek, Chakaravarthy, Suryakumar, Tilak, Kuldeep, Washington Sundar, and Arshdeep Singh.
Rinku's round-arm off-spin:
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After a lengthy batting session, Rinku returned to bowl some off-spin with a round-arm action, reminiscent of Gerhard Erasmus in the match against Namibia. The Namibian captain had troubled the Indian batsmen with his unconventional action and delivery from behind the stumps in Delhi last week.
Even in the match against Pakistan, the Indian batsmen's performance against players like Usman Tariq and Saim Ayub was not up to the mark. The wicket in Colombo was challenging, but Ishan Kishan's special effort helped India win the game against Pakistan.
