The Indian cricket team is observing hard quarantine in Mumbai before they eventually fly out to England on June 3 for the World Test Championship Final against New Zealand. But while in quarantine the players are sweating it all out, spending a lot of time in the gym.
India’s strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai is of the view that the rest that players got due to suspension of the IPL has really worked in favour of them as they are fresher than ever after having spent a lot of time with their families and having got rejuvenated.
“Looking at our team, Nick [Compton] and I both feel that we are benefited by the rest that the boys have had after along year, right from the last IPL to this,” said Soham in a video uploaded by the BCCI on their official website, a shorter version of which has been shared by their official Twitter handle as well.
“We are utilising these three weeks to train them in a way which they are unable to undergo during an ongoing season due to constant matches and focus on their skill set rather than their body,” he added.
In the video, key Indian players like skipper Virat Kohli, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah can be seen undergoing tough physical training. Other players in Mayank Agarwal, Shardul Thakur and Srikar Bharat also featured in it.
The Indian team apart from playing the WTC Final in Southampton would also play a five-match Test series against hosts England starting August 4.