Team India back in the nets at Durban
After a two day break, the Indian squad will take to the practice nets today and on Friday in preparations to face the South Africans in the second Test at Durban.
India take on the Proteas on Sunday and have scheduled a lighter practice session on Saturday as well. In this tour, the Indian coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527 has used sessions in the nets instead of practice matches to get his team acclimatised enough to take on the
home side.
India needed a break after they were pulverised by South Africa by an innings and twenty five runs defeat in the First Test at the Centurion. The players needed to get their minds off what happened to them in the first outing of the tour, to get their focus
back on track.
Former Indian players hope that a two day trip to Sun City, which is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s most cherished holiday resort, will do wonders for the players because in the past such holidays during a tour have always helped the Indian side in regaining their momentum
and come back in the series.
The Indians desperately need to get back in the three match Test series, because there is never enough time to bounce back in a short Test series. The way India lost to the hosts there is no doubt that team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 must be burdened with all the pressure in
the world right now. Kirsten has always been a strong advocate of giving the players some time to relax during an ongoing series and for that he supported the management's move to give the players two days off from practice even though the team had given poor
show in the first Test.
Since this is the holiday season, the South Africans are also enjoying some time with their families at their homes and will practice in the nets on Friday. Speaking about the pressure on the Indian side the South African skipper said, “Especially after
you go 1-0 down, the build-up becomes crucial, how you train and how you move on is very important, because you don't have much time in a three-Test series.”
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