Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India won the four-match Test series 2-1 in Australia. Although, now he is not the captain, but his intensity is seen more than the captain in every single match. This is the reason why they are making special preparations for the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting from Nagpur on 9 February. In the ongoing practice camp in Nagpur, Virat Kohli practiced in a different way on Monday, where he dug the pitch itself.

In fact, according to Indian Express, during his net session on Monday, Virat Kohli scratched a part of the pitch with his studs and instructed left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar to land the ball in the rough studs. . After this Virat Kohli practiced sweep and reverse sweep shots a lot for the India vs Australia Test series. They do not want to leave any gap in their preparations.

Rohit also made sweeps

Rohit Sharma also did something similar, but he did not do the work of digging or roughening any part of the pitch. However, Rohit practiced sweep and reverse sweep fiercely. The surprising thing was that during his net session, Rohit Sharma was not trying to keep the ball down at the time of sweep and reverse sweep, but was keeping the ball in the air and hitting long shots in Nagpur. Were.

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Indian batsmen are doing this because the Australian team also has spinners like Ashton Agar, apart from Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Swepson, who specialize in turning the ball. According to the reports, Team India has spoken to make such a pitch, on which the ball should turn from day one. To deal with this situation, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have practiced reverse sweep and sweep shots.