Rinku Singh with Virat Kohli playing volley ball. (Screengrab)Ahead of the Super Eight round stages of the T20 World Cup 2024 in the United States and West Indies some of the Indian players were seen playing volleyball on the beach in Barbados.
In a video released by BCCI on their X (Formerly known as Twitter) account star batter Virat Kohli with younger members of the team were seen playing the game. left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed speaking on video would say, “We have pretty good players in our team like Rinku Singh and Yashasvi Jaiswal.”
Team India’s final game against Canada in the group stage has been abandoned due to rain in Florida as a result they finished on top of Group A and have qualified for the Super Eight round. India will face Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Australia in their Super Eight clashes.
📍 Barbados
Unwinding at the beach 🌊, the #TeamIndia way! #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/4GGHh0tAqg
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 17, 2024
20 June: India vs Afghanistan, Bridgetown, Barbados (8 PM IST)
22 June: India vs Bangladesh, North Sound, Antigua (8 PM IST)
24 June: India vs Australia, Gros Islet, St Lucia (8 PM IST)
Is openers’ poor form a concern in Super Eight?
Going into the next stage the top-order batting is a concern for the side. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have failed to make a big score in the Group Stage. Though Rohit got one half-century against Ireland in India’s opening fixture he looked scratchy in the knock.
Kohli on the other hand coming back off a fabulous Indian Premier League season has looked out of depth when the ball has been swinging. However, the conditions in New York have been extremely bowling-friendly which too played a major part in the faliure of Indian openers.
Going into the next round in the Caribbean the Indian openers would be expected to make big contributions. The conditions in the West Indies are more conducive to spin bowlers against whom Kohli is a master of strike rotation.
As per Rohit, there are hardly any openers in world cricket who strike the ball as cleanly as him against spin which will put India in good stead in the Super Eight round.
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