Fletcher, Dawes oversee nets
22 Aug 2014 5:08 AM IST
Two days ahead of their practice game versus Middlesex at Lord’s, Team India regrouped with a net-session here with under-fire coach Duncan Fletcher and bowling coach Joe Dawes overseeing proceedings ahead of the five-match ODI series starting August 25. Interestingly Dawes has been rested for the ODIs after India’s 3-1 Test loss against England with fielding coach Trevor Penney also been given a break.
Though Dawes was making the bowlers go through their paces, Penney was just hanging around without too much involvement. India’s newly-appointed Team Director Ravi Shastri, who is also part of the Star Sports commentary team, was not around and even assistant coaches Sanjay Banagar, former India all-rounder, and ex-India pacer Bharat Arun are yet to join the Men in Blue and will probably be relieving Dawes and Penny of their duties on their arrival. Team India though went through the customary drills with skipper MS Dhoni watching on.
The emphasis lay on batting and bowling but surprisingly the fielding aspect was given a miss though many pundits believe the slip-fielding issue needs to be tackled at the earliest after the below par show in the just concluded Test series .
Though Dawes was making the bowlers go through their paces, Penney was just hanging around without too much involvement. India’s newly-appointed Team Director Ravi Shastri, who is also part of the Star Sports commentary team, was not around and even assistant coaches Sanjay Banagar, former India all-rounder, and ex-India pacer Bharat Arun are yet to join the Men in Blue and will probably be relieving Dawes and Penny of their duties on their arrival. Team India though went through the customary drills with skipper MS Dhoni watching on.
The emphasis lay on batting and bowling but surprisingly the fielding aspect was given a miss though many pundits believe the slip-fielding issue needs to be tackled at the earliest after the below par show in the just concluded Test series .
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