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Kohli-led Team India arrives in Kolkata in batches
Kolkata: The Virat Kohli-led Indian team on Friday arrived in batches at the city ahead of their two day training camp at the Eden Gardens.
The team will set out for Bangladesh on Monday morning after their fitness test here which is scheduled for Saturday evening.
“The fitness test is likely to take place at around 3.30 p.m. on Saturday,” said a Cricket Association of Bengal source.
First to land in the city was skipper Kohli followed by team director Ravi Shastri. Middle order bat Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma and Lokesh Rahul were the next players to arrive at the airport. Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav and veteran offie Harbhajan Singh are yet to fly in.
After Sunday’s practice session, Kohli is slated to address the media in the evening.
Saturday will also witness for the first time the trio of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman attend the meeting of the advisory committee in which they were recently inducted.
The venue for the meeting is still unknown.
The Indians are slated to play a Test match followed by three One-Day Internationals during the trip that ends with an ODI on June 24.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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