 India would look to quickly get into Test groove
17th Jul 2008 23:05 IST
Agencies
After being busy in one-dayers and Twenty20s for almost three months, India will look to quickly get into the groove for the longer version of cricket as they take on Sri Lankan Board XI in a three-day warm-up match in Colombo from Friday.
India, who last played a Test against South Africa at home in April, took advantage of a sunny day here and got into some rigorous practice to shift into the five-day mode ahead of the first match, beginning on June 23.
The match will be India's only warm-up game before the three-Test series against the host beginning July 23.
India is likely to field their senior players for the match, as many of them have not played for a while, as they were not part of the recent Asia cup in Pakistan.
Virender Sehwag, who will in all probability, open with Gautam Gambhir tomorrow at the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC), kept the media persons on the alert by his thumping shots despite being separated by the nets and a wired fencing.
Spinner Harbhajan Singh, who returned to the national team after serving a five-ODI ban for slapping S Sreesanth during an Indian Premier League match, was the cynosure of all eyes during the net session.
Pace spearheads Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma also underwent strenuous workouts under the supervision of bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad.
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