India Vs Sri Lanka Practice Test Match: A two-match Test series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from August 15. This series will be important for both the teams under the World Test Championship. Before that, a practice match has started between both the teams from today. Sri Lanka is batting first. While it seems that the Indian players have maintained the tradition of dropping catches.
The warm-up match between India and Sri Lanka has started from today. Sri Lanka has decided to bat first. Sri Lanka batted well. Indian bowlers were seen struggling to take wickets. KL Rahul is leading as captain due to Shubman Gill’s injury. It has been revealed that he dropped an easy catch in the slips.
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In today’s match, Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl the 26th over in the first innings. Kuldeep Yadav created an opportunity for a wicket with the fourth ball of this over. The Sri Lankan batsman tried to hit a cut shot. But the ball hit his bat and went to KL Rahul who was in the slips. Rahul had a very good chance to take the catch. But he dropped the catch. Due to this, the Sri Lankan batsman got a lifeline. The video of this has also surfaced.
The game started again after the break. Devdutt Padikkal also dropped an easy catch on Jadeja’s bowling. It has been seen that the fielding of the Indian team has been getting very bad for some time now. Earlier, during the tour of Ireland and England, India had also seen that many catches were dropped. The fielding coach of the Indian team was changed before the Sri Lanka series. Shubhdeep Ghosh is the new fielding coach of India. However, there is no improvement in the fielding of the Indian team. Due to this, India’s concerns have increased before the upcoming Test series.
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The BCCI has clarified that Gill injured the ring finger of his right hand during practice on Thursday. This medical information has increased concerns among Indian fans just before the Sri Lanka tour.