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Florida: The southern coast of the USA was buzzing with Team India’s arrival in the city of Fort Lauderdale. The current T20 Champions – West Indies and India will play a two T20 international series at the Central Broward Regional Park.<\/p>\nFlorida: The southern coast of the USA was buzzing with Team India’s arrival in the city of Fort Lauderdale. The current T20 Champions – West Indies and India will play a two T20 international series at the Central Broward Regional Park.<\/p>\n
In an attempt to popularize the sport in non-cricketing nations, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) reached out to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for a two match T20 International Series to be played in Florida, USA on August 27 and 28. As a result, competitive International Cricket will be played on American soil for the very first time. <\/p>\n
On what was supposed to be a day off for the Indian Cricket Team, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar chose to visit the home of Miami Heats in U.S.A. on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The latest recruit of the Miami Heats – Tyler Johnson and Briante Weber hosted the Indian trio at their home ground – The American Airlines Arena. The Indian contingent was taken around the locker room, gymnasium and the recuperation center before indulging in a brief bout of play between the five of them. <\/p>\n
Shikhar and Bhuvneshwar were chatting up with the hosts, while Ashwin seemed to have gone back to his school days of playing basketball. <\/p>\n
The other Indian players had a field day in the new country as some of them went around shopping, while a few others chose to relax at the hotel. The Social Media handles of players and the BCCI were active with posts and pictures ever since they landed in the USA.<\/p>\n
The Indian contingent reached the city on Tuesday morning. MS Dhoni, the skipper of the Indian ODI and T20 team reached Florida on Wednesday with Jasprit Bumrah. <\/p>\n
Bhuvneshwar Kumar said: “It was great to see these guys and learn about their game. I was impressed with the facilities here and it was a learning experience for me to see the amount of technology being used in sports science.”<\/p>\n
Speaking about his visit at the Miami Heats home arena, R Ashwin said: “I’ve played a bit of basketball during my school days so that got me really excited while I tried my hand again after so many years. I am thankful to both Weber and Johnson for taking time out and showing us around their home turf.”<\/p>\n
“It was great fun. I am very happy we could make it here. Exchanging thoughts about how the sports have transformed with the latest technology is always good. While I tried to explain these guys how cricket is played, they in return taught me the finer details of basketball,” said Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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