Australia practice at CCI ground
7 Oct 2013 11:14 PM IST
The Australian cricket team on Sunday sweated it out at the Cricket Club of India in their first training session ahead of the seven-match ODI series against India that will be preceded by the lone Twenty20 game at Rajkot on 10 October.
The ODI rubber commences on 13 October in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on 2 November. The team, which arrived on Saturday night, had a light training session and played football in their one-hour outing here.
The visiting team would have another two-day practice session at Cricket Club of India before leaving for Rajkot for the opening T20 game and they are expected to have proper net sessions on Monday morning. Five squad members, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson are Glenn Maxwell, are representing their IPL teams in Champions League Twenty20 final on Sunday.
The team from Down Under is without regular skipper Michael Clarke and T20 captain George Bailey will lead the side in the former’s absence. Clarke was ruled out of the tour due to a nagging back injury.
T20 squad George Bailey (Captain), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Shane Watson. ODI squad George Bailey (Captain), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Shane Watson. ODI schedule Oct 13 (Pune), Oct 16 (Jaipur), Oct 19 (Mohali), Oct 23 (Ranchi), Oct 26 (Cuttack), Oct 30 (Nagpur), November 2 (Bangalore).
The ODI rubber commences on 13 October in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on 2 November. The team, which arrived on Saturday night, had a light training session and played football in their one-hour outing here.
The visiting team would have another two-day practice session at Cricket Club of India before leaving for Rajkot for the opening T20 game and they are expected to have proper net sessions on Monday morning. Five squad members, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson are Glenn Maxwell, are representing their IPL teams in Champions League Twenty20 final on Sunday.
The team from Down Under is without regular skipper Michael Clarke and T20 captain George Bailey will lead the side in the former’s absence. Clarke was ruled out of the tour due to a nagging back injury.
T20 squad George Bailey (Captain), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Shane Watson. ODI squad George Bailey (Captain), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Shane Watson. ODI schedule Oct 13 (Pune), Oct 16 (Jaipur), Oct 19 (Mohali), Oct 23 (Ranchi), Oct 26 (Cuttack), Oct 30 (Nagpur), November 2 (Bangalore).
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