India’s Test players are set to undergo a four-day camp at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s ground in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) from Monday, 15 November. Ajinkya Rahane who will be leading the side in the first Test in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli has already been practicing for the last three days at BKC informed the sources in the know of the matter.
Apart from the right-handed batsman, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, KS Bharat, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Prasidh Krishna will attend the training camp.
“The BCCI asked us to organize this camp at a very short notice. However, we’re very happy to organize it,” a source in the Mumbai Cricket Association told TOI on Saturday.
The first Test of the two-match series is slated to begin on November 25 in Kanpur while the second clash will take place in Mumbai.
New Zealand are touring India for a three-match T20I series which will be followed by two Tests. The two sides last played each other in a Test match in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship which the Kane Williamson-led side won.