New Delhi: The highly anticipated intrasquad game from India in Beckenham has started day 1 regularly, offering a precious match before the series in five tests against England. The match, the only warm -up of the team before the series, also marks the start of a new chapter in Indian cricket under the direction of Shubman Gill.It was the strikers who took advantage of the favorable conditions from the start. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Captain Shubman Gill impressed by half a compound half century, displaying an elegant racing game and a net leg set when he anchored the sleeves on Friday. Senior striker Kl Rahul also looked in late contact, creating fifty fifty who stressed his importance in the average order of India. Together, the duo posed a marker for India’s strikerings in the England series.Among the quisors, Shardul Thakur stood out. The versatile has used the conditions well, extracting the movement out of the field and disturbing the strikers with subtle variations. His efforts were rewarded with key counters, helping to keep the scoring in check and to offer selectors a right recall of its usefulness in English conditions.The match, however, was played in a dark atmosphere. Before the start of the game, the players and the staff observed a minute of silence to honor the victims of the tragic airplane accident India in Ahmedabad.
Black armbands were brought as a mark of respect and solidarity with mourning families. The BCCI shared images of the gesture, highlighting the team’s tribute to the people affected by the disaster.Head coach Gautam Gambir was notably absent, having returned home to be with his mother after having undergone a heart attack earlier this week, as Timesofindia.com reported. His absence was strongly felt, but the team remained concentrated on the preparations while they are looking at an English hard summer. The intrasquad assignment continues to provide a key platform so that players invest their claims before the first test.
