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Rahul hones his pull shot with tennis ball training
After competing on the slow UAE tracks for nearly two months during the IPL, India’s star-studded batting line-up is gearing up for the lively Australian pitches with the traditional tennis ball training on Monday.
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In-form KL Rahul spent considerable time in perfecting his pull-shots with deliveries hurled from 18 yards during Monday’s net session.
There was nothing unusual in such session as players train like this when they gear up to compete on tracks where there is steep bounce on offer.
In a video posted on twitter by the BCCI, Rahul’s senior teammate Ravichandran Ashwin was seen using a tennis racquet and serving the stand-in white ball vice-captain with tennis balls aimed at his rib cage.
Rahul was trying to keep the pull shot down, an art his skipper Virat Kohli has mastered over the years, rolling his wrists.
There is a basic purpose of practising against tennis balls. From a shorter distance, the ball travels faster and it helps in making the reflexes quick.
Meanwhile, team’s senior speedster Mohammed Shami posted a video on his personal Twitter handle, where he was seen bowling with the pink kookaburra ball.
Shami is a part of all three squads and it is a given that India will need his skills most during the four-Test series starting on December 17 with the day-night pink ball game in Adelaide.
“There is no better feeling than to play for your country. A long wait to bowl in the TeamIndia nets finally ended today! Looking forward to our Australian tour,” Shami KL Rahul tweeted.
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