Ahead of the warm-up match against Sri Lanka XI, India's new fielding coach, Subhadeep Ghosh, introduced new fielding drills amid dropping catch efficiency. After T Dilip's exit, Subhadeep will be looking to enhance India's on-field fielding efforts.
India is set to play a three-day warm-up match in Colombo from Friday. This match against Sri Lanka XI at the Nondescripts Cricket Club ground will be an important part of the preparations for the two-Test series starting in Galle from 15 August.
Shubadeep introduces new feiding drills for fielding efficiency
After T Dilip's exit, Team India's new fielding coach Subhadeep Ghosh introduced some new fielding drills ahead of the warm-up Test match against Sri Lanka XI. He threw some challenges for Indian players during the practice session.
Ghosh made groups of four and categorised the fielding session planning into two parts, named ‘Board games’ for minutes and the second one as ‘Catch the grenade competition.’
For the ‘Board games’, Ghosh explained the rules as, “Four catches, four boards will be there, so four minutes of catching. There will be a lot of challenges in every board.”
Then on the catching competition, he said, “So, two teams will be there, so competition will be there. Then we will end up with reflex catching and bowlers will be going for the drop step catches.”
Rohit, Siraj pen down emotional farewell messages after T Dilip's exit
Earlier, after T Dilip ended up is tenure as India's fielding coach, Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and several Team India stars penned down farewll messges for Dilip on social media.
Rohit Sharma wrote, "You're a legend, Dilip garu. You created magic within the ground and a behind the scenes workhorse. Best Wishes ahead." While, Siraj wrote, "“Thank you so much bhai.”
During Dilip's tenure, Team India has won, two ICC men's T20 World Cup (2024, 2026), ICC Champions Trophy (2025), two Asia Cup (2023, 2025) and were the runners-up in the World Test Championship (WTC) final and ICC men's ODI World Cup (2023).
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