Why is Team India practicing behind a curtain, what are the players hiding, have they done this before too, know everything

New Delhi. Indian cricketers have started practicing after reaching Australia. This practice of Team India came into the news when it was revealed that all this was happening behind the scenes. After all, why is Team India doing net practice hiding behind a curtain? Are you trying to hide something? Is this happening for the first time? If the Indian team has practiced behind the scenes before, then when has it done so? Many such questions are being asked after the Indian practice at Stadium WACA in Perth. Let us try to find answers to these.

First test from 22nd November
Border Gavaskar Trophy matches will be played between India and Australia from 22nd November. The first test of this five-match series will be played in Perth. This is the reason why the Indian cricket team has camped in Perth as soon as it reached Australia. The first Test match will be played at Optus Stadium, whose pitch can be as fast and bouncy as the WACA. Indian cricketers are doing net practice at WACA for this match.

Pant-Rahul practiced a lot
Team India’s first official practice day was Tuesday. There were two advantages of this practice. First, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin did not come to practice. Secondly, the entire place where the Indian team is practicing has been covered with a black curtain. In the first practice day, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul practiced batting for a long time. Keeping in mind the pitch of Optus Stadium, fast bowlers have been called from local clubs. These fast bowlers of Australia made the Indian batsmen practice for a long time. It was told that these bowlers were instructed not to hit bouncers but they mostly practiced playing shot length balls. Kohli practiced on Wednesday.

Stopped from making practice videos
The Indian management or the WACA management has not clarified the reason for the practice behind the scenes. It is believed that this arrangement has been made so that the attention of the audience is not diverted. These days construction work is also going on in Vaka. According to Cricinfo, people engaged in this work have been prohibited from taking photos and making videos of net practice. This is indicative of another reason for behind-the-scenes practice. Perhaps the Indian team management does not want to let the matter come out that which batsman was given practice of which type of balls. Who played them well and who had problems.

The same method was adopted in 2022 also
This is not the first time that the Indian team is preparing behind the scenes. The Indian team also did the same in the T20 World Cup held in Australia in 2022. But then Indian cricketers also played two matches with Western Australia XI, in which there were spectators. The entry fee for this match was donated to Western Australia.

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