Indian team to play final warm-up game against West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI which starts from Thursday.
Anil Kumble, former Indian spinner, who has wonderfull records in West Indies, bowled to the opener KL Rahul at the nets.
The former Indian spinner and Team India coach, Anil Kumble was seen working hard with players as he even bowled a few deliveries to Test team captain Virat Kohli.
Look who bowled in the nets today. Head Coach @anilkumble1074 and with him @cheteshwar1 #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/zfMq8qCDZG
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 13, 2016
The final warm-up game will most likely to decide the playing XI for India for the first test against West Indies. So both the batsmen and bowlers will hope to make their performances to find the place in the playing XI’s.
India played good in their last two warm-up games but pacers lost their consistent. However, Amit Mishra picked up 4 wickets in the last game.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami, who came to play International cricket after a long time, started well but lost their length and line in their last game.
This series would be Kumble’s first assignment as the chief coach of the team and Virat Kohli’s first tour to the Caribbean as Test captain.
The series comprises four Test matches with the opening match from July 21 – 25 at Antigua, followed by 2nd Test from July 30 – Aug 3 at Kingston, 3rd Test from Aug 9 – 13 at Gros Islet and final Test from Aug 18 – 22 at Trinidad.