Team India undertook its first practice session for the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting with the first match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The practice session was also the first involving the new head coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid and new T20I captain Rohit Sharma.
Both Rohit and Dravid took charge of their new positions after the horrific T20 World Cup campaign of Team India, where it lost to both New Zealand and Pakistan and had its chances of qualifying for the semis over after its first two games itself.
While Dravid overtook Ravi Shastri as the head coach whose contract expired at the end of the World Cup, Virat Kohli’s decision to step down as India T20I captain irrespective of the result, post the World Cup meant that Rohit, who was his deputy overtook the charge of the captain in the shortest format. KL Rahul has been appointed as Rohit’s deputy.