Team India led by Rohit Sharma reached Brisbane on Saturday.© Twitter
Rohit Sharma-led Team India reached Brisbane on Saturday after playing a few practice matches in Perth. Team India will play two warm-up matches against Australia and New Zealand respectively at the Gabba in Brisbane. The Board of Control for Cricket in India posted a video of the Indian team’s visit to Brisbane on Twitter. In the video, players can be seen greeting fans and signing autographs. “Touchdown Brisbane,” BCCI captioned the video on Twitter.
Touchdown Brisbane #teamindia pic.twitter.com/HHof4Le3mP
—BCCI (@BCCI) 15 October 2022
Meanwhile, the BCCI on Friday announced that veteran pacer Mohammed Shami will replace the injured. Jasprit Bumrah In India team.
mohammed siraji And Shardul Thakur He was also included in the team as a reserve player.
Despite the injuries, Rohit insisted that the team is up for the challenge with the players.
“Injury is part of the game. If we play so many matches, then injuries will happen, so for the last one year our focus was on building bench strength,” Rohit told reporters at a press conference in Melbourne.
“Our focus is on creating backup and giving them opportunities. The bowlers who have been with us in the World Cup have played enough matches.”
Notably, India has not won an ICC trophy since 2013, when they won the Champions Trophy in England.
India will play their first warm-up match against Australia on Monday, before taking on New Zealand on Wednesday.
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He will start his campaign against Pakistan in Melbourne on 23 October.
(with AFP inputs)
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