New Delhi: Suresh Raina, India’s limited overs specialst who is recovering from a bout of viral fever and had missed the Dharamsala ODI, is ruled out of the second One Day International of the Paytm ODI Trophy against New Zealand on Thursday.
The team management has allowed Raina more time to recover. There will be no replacement in the team with Kedar Jadhav likely to take his place in the starting line-up.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted the longest time at the nets during India’s practice session. He faced Dhawal Kulkarni for a considerable period and also practised the pull shot against throwdowns. He then spent another 25 minutes batting against spin especially Jayant.
Dhoni was seen telling Jayant about specific field positions and bowl accordingly. During one such delivery, Jayant was seen asking his skipper: “So point stays up” which indicated that the skipper wanted him to not give him width outside off stump.
Jayant altered the length and bowled a conventional off break slightly short of length.
Dhoni came down the track but was too close to the delivery before checking his shot. There were other match simulations also during the session.
It was an optional session at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground as skipper Dhoni along with Raina batted for a considerable length of time.
Others who attended the session were Axar Patel, Mandeep Singh, Kedar, Kulkarni, Jayant. The likes of Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Umesh Yadav decided to rest.
