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Camp ends, Test next

The Indian squad’s three-day preparatory camp for the four-Test series against England, commencing at Ahmedabad from November 15, concluded at the Cricket Club of India on Sunday.

The team had a five-hour training session with a short break for lunch at the Brabourne Stadium with all the cricketers given an opportunity to have a feel of match  conditions against their own bowlers and some other local bowlers. The team’s training was supervised by chief coach Duncan Fletcher, bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penney.

The squad members are set to depart tomorrow morning for the series opener at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. England had moved to Ahmedabad on the sixth itself from here,  after playing two warm-up games, and currently playing their third and final warm-up tour game against Haryana. The second match of the Test rubber is scheduled at the Wankhede Stadium here from November 23.

The last two matches of the series will be played at Kolkata (December 5-9) and Nagpur (December 13-17) after which there would be a two-match Twenty20 series between the two  teams on December 20 and 22 at Pune and Mumbai.

England will go home for the Christmas and New Year break before returning to play a five-match ODI series against the hosts starting January 11 at Rajkot.
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